NOAA/WDS Paleoclimatology - Shalaii Cave, Northern Iraq Oxygen, Carbon, Strontium Isotopes and Trace Metal Data during the Mid-Holocene

Description

This archived Paleoclimatology Study is available from the NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI), under the World Data Service (WDS) for Paleoclimatology. The associated NCEI study type is Cave. The data include parameters of speleothems with a geographic location of Iraq, Middle East. The time period coverage is from 10560 to -65 in calendar years before present (BP). See metadata information for parameter and study location details. Please cite this study when using the data.

Resources

Name Format Description Link
0 NCEI landing page with general information and links to access the data. https://doi.org/10.25921/grhx-mm16
0 Study page with data access information. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/paleo-search/study/42985
0 General information for this data type. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/products/paleoclimatology/speleothem
47 Speleothem https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/pub/data/paleo/speleothem/asia/iraq/fleitmann2025/fleitmann2025-shc-03-trace.txt
47 Speleothem https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/pub/data/paleo/speleothem/asia/iraq/fleitmann2025/fleitmann2025-shc-03-d13c_d18o.txt
47 Speleothem https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/pub/data/paleo/speleothem/asia/iraq/fleitmann2025/fleitmann2025-shc-03-87sr86sr.txt
0 Information for contacts at NCEI. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/contact
0 Global Change Master Directory (GCMD). 2024. GCMD Keywords, Version 19. Greenbelt, MD: Earth Science Data and Information System, Earth Science Projects Division, Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). URL (GCMD Keyword Forum Page): https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD+Keywords https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD%2BKeywords
0 Global Change Master Directory (GCMD). 2024. GCMD Keywords, Version 19. Greenbelt, MD: Earth Science Data and Information System, Earth Science Projects Division, Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). URL (GCMD Keyword Forum Page): https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD+Keywords https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD%2BKeywords
0 https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/products/paleoclimatology/paleoenvironmental-standard-terms-thesaurus
0 Global Change Master Directory (GCMD). 2024. GCMD Keywords, Version 19. Greenbelt, MD: Earth Science Data and Information System, Earth Science Projects Division, Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). URL (GCMD Keyword Forum Page): https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD+Keywords https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD%2BKeywords
0 Dominik Fleitmann, Matthew Bosomworth, Diary Ali Mohammed Amin Al-Manmi, Melanie J. Leng, Diana Sahy, Karen Radner, Alistair Morgan, Alistair W.G. Pike, Mark Altaweel, 2025: Mid-Holocene hydroclimatic optimum recorded in a stalagmite from Shalaii Cave, northern Iraq. Quaternary Science Reviews, 356, , 10.1016/j.quascirev.2025.109286 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2025.109286

Tags

  • speleothems
  • trace metals
  • sensitivity
  • nesdis
  • what: sample identification
  • what: depth
  • longitude 45.2958
  • shalaii cave
  • cave deposits
  • abrupt climate change
  • what: delta 18o
  • oxygen isotopes
  • continent
  • land records
  • material: calcite
  • noaa
  • what: delta 13c
  • paleoclimate
  • what: strontium/calcium
  • material: null
  • centennial resolution
  • u.s. department of commerce
  • age control
  • earth science
  • geochemistry
  • middle east
  • climate indicators
  • western asia
  • doc/noaa/nesdis/ncei
  • what: 87sr/86sr
  • what: magnesium/calcium
  • asia
  • decadal resolution
  • iraq
  • paleoclimate indicators
  • material: soil
  • what: age
  • hydrology
  • latitude 35.1469
  • national centers for environmental information
  • carbon isotopes

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