Central Asia 500Kyr Speleothem Stable Isotope and Trace Element Data Cheng, H.; Spötl, C.; Breitenbach, S.F.M.; Sinha, A.; Wassenburg, J.A.; Jochum, K.P.; Scholz, D.; Li, X.; Yi, L.; Peng, Y.B.; Lv, Y.; Zhang, P.Z.; Votintseva, A.; Loginov, V.; Ning, Y.F.; Kathayat, G.; Edwards, R.L. Cheng, H. Spötl, C. Breitenbach, S.F.M. Sinha, A. Wassenburg, J.A. Jochum, K.P. Scholz, D. Li, X. Yi, L. Peng, Y.B. Lv, Y. Zhang, P.Z. Votintseva, A. Loginov, V. Ning, Y.F. Kathayat, G. Edwards, R.L. Monsoon earth science/paleoclimate/speleothems (strontium/calcium,calcium carbonate,null,dimensionless,null,speleothems,raw,energy-dispersive x-ray fluorescence spectroscopy,N,ITRAX) earth science/paleoclimate/speleothems (strontium,calcium carbonate,null,parts per million,null,speleothems,raw,laser ablation,N,Strontium 88) earth science/paleoclimate/speleothems (barium,calcium carbonate,null,parts per million,null,speleothems,raw,laser ablation,N,Barium 138) earth science/paleoclimate/speleothems (depth,null,null,millimeter,null,speleothems,null,null,N,distance from top) earth science/paleoclimate/speleothems (uranium,calcium carbonate,null,parts per million,null,speleothems,raw,laser ablation,N,Uranium 238) earth science/paleoclimate/speleothems (sulfur/calcium,calcium carbonate,null,dimensionless,null,speleothems,raw,energy-dispersive x-ray fluorescence spectroscopy,N,ITRAX) earth science/paleoclimate/speleothems (delta 18O,calcium carbonate,null,per mil VPDB,null,speleothems,raw,isotope ratio mass spectrometry,N,null) earth science/paleoclimate/speleothems (delta 13C,calcium carbonate,null,per mil VPDB,null,speleothems,raw,isotope ratio mass spectrometry,N,null) earth science/paleoclimate/speleothems (age,null,null,calendar kiloyear before present,null,speleothems,null,null,N,null) earth science/paleoclimate/speleothems (magnesium,calcium carbonate,null,parts per million,null,speleothems,raw,laser ablation,N,Magnesium 25) earth science/paleoclimate/speleothems earth science/paleoclimate/speleothems earth science/paleoclimate/speleothems (Tonnel’naya Cave>LATITUDE 38.4>LONGITUDE 67.23) (Kesang Cave>LATITUDE 42.8667>LONGITUDE 81.75) The extent to which climate variability in Central Asia is causally linked to large-scale changes in the Asian monsoon on varying timescales remains a longstanding question. Here we present precisely dated high-resolution speleothem oxygen-carbon isotope and trace element records of Central Asia's hydroclimate variability from Tonnel'naya cave, Uzbekistan, and Kesang cave, western China. On orbital timescales, the supra-regional climate variance, inferred from our oxygen isotope records, exhibits a precessional rhythm, punctuated by millennial-scale abrupt climate events, suggesting a close coupling with the Asian monsoon. However, the local hydroclimatic variability at both cave sites, inferred from carbon isotope and trace element records, shows climate variations that are distinctly different from their supra-regional modes. Particularly, hydroclimatic changes in both Tonnel'naya and Kesang areas during the Holocene lag behind the supra-regional climate variability by several thousand years. These observations may reconcile the apparent out-of-phase hydroclimatic variability, inferred from the Holocene lake proxy records, between Westerly Central Asia and Monsoon Asia. STUDY NOTES: Speleothem oxygen and carbon isotope and trace element records from Tonnel’naya Cave, Uzbekistan, and Kesang cave, western China over most of the last 135,000 and 500,000 years, respectively. NCDC-Paleoclimatology https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/data-access/paleoclimatology-data - Bauer Bruce Investigator : Cheng, H. Investigator : Spötl, C. Investigator : Breitenbach, S.F.M. Investigator : Sinha, A. Investigator : Wassenburg, J.A. Investigator : Jochum, K.P. Investigator : Scholz, D. Investigator : Li, X. Investigator : Yi, L. Investigator : Peng, Y.B. Investigator : Lv, Y. Investigator : Zhang, P.Z. Investigator : Votintseva, A. Investigator : Loginov, V. Investigator : Ning, Y.F. Investigator : Kathayat, G. 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Breitenbach, Ashish Sinha, Jasper A. Wassenburg, Klaus Peter Jochum, Denis Scholz, Xianglei Li, Liang Yi, Youbing Peng, Yanbin Lv, Pingzhong Zhang, Antonina Votintseva, Vadim Loginov, Youfeng Ning, Gayatri Kathayat and R. Lawrence Edwards2016Climate variations of Central Asia on orbital to millennial timescalesScientific Reports53697510.1038/srep36975http://www.nature.com/articles/srep36975 START YEAR: 456500 cal yr BP * END YEAR: -58 cal yr BP 67.23 38.4 81.75 42.8667