DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.14512887
title: Compilation of speleothem growth records and hiatuses in the northern hemisphere (north of 20°N) for the mid Holocene (6 ka BP) and the last interglacial (127 ka BP)

description: This record contains a compilation of speleothem growth records and hiatuses from various sources. The spatial coverage is the northern hemisphere north of 20°N. The temporal coverage are the periods from 6000 to 5000 years before present (the mid Holocene, MH), and from 127000 to 126000 years before present (the last interglaical, LIG). There is one file for each time period. The tables contain the following columns:



Site ID: A site identifier identical to the SISAL Site ID for the records taken from the SISAL v3 database. Records from other sources were assigned new IDs in ascending order, and not related to SISAL.

Entity ID: A speleothem identifier identical to the respective ID for the records taken from the SISAL v3 database. Records from other sources were assigned new IDs, starting from 1000 in ascending order, and not related to SISAL.

Latitude: The approximate site latitude in degree North

Longitude: The approximate site longitude in degree East

Time period: The time period (identical for within each file).

Speleothem growth status: Indication of speleothem growth or a hiatus in growth for the respective entity.

Source: The reference for the data source (see Reference list below)

Link: Link to the source document via its DOI


References to data sources

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