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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Associated Reference published 2025 | Unknown | 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 | Open resource |
| Metadata Landing Page | Unknown | NCEI landing page with general information and links to access the data. | Open resource |
| GCMD Keyword Forum Page | Unknown | 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 | Open resource |
| GCMD Keyword Forum Page | Unknown | 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 | Open resource |
| GCMD Keyword Forum Page | Unknown | 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 | Open resource |
| NOAA Study Page | Unknown | Study page with data access information. | Open resource |
| NCEI Contact Information | Unknown | Information for contacts at NCEI. | Open resource |
| PaST Thesaurus | Unknown | Open resource | |
| NCEI Cave Page | Unknown | General information for this data type. | Open resource |
| /speleothem/asia/iraq/fleitmann2025/fleitmann2025-shc-03-87sr86sr.txt | Text | Speleothem | Open resource |
| /speleothem/asia/iraq/fleitmann2025/fleitmann2025-shc-03-d13c_d18o.txt | Text | Speleothem | Open resource |
| /speleothem/asia/iraq/fleitmann2025/fleitmann2025-shc-03-trace.txt | Text | Speleothem | Open resource |
Tags
- abrupt climate change
- age control
- asia
- carbon isotopes
- cave deposits
- centennial resolution
- climate indicators
- continent
- decadal resolution
- doc/noaa/nesdis/ncei
- earth science
- geochemistry
- hydrology
- iraq
- land records
- latitude 35.1469
- longitude 45.2958
- material: calcite
- material: null
- material: soil
- middle east
- national centers for environmental information
- nesdis
- noaa
- oxygen isotopes
- paleoclimate
- paleoclimate indicators
- sensitivity
- shalaii cave
- speleothems
- trace metals
- u.s. department of commerce
- western asia
- what: 87sr/86sr
- what: age
- what: delta 13c
- what: delta 18o
- what: depth
- what: magnesium/calcium
- what: sample identification
- what: strontium/calcium