Frumkin et al. 1999 Jerusalem West Cave Oxygen Isotope Data Frumkin, A.; Ford, D.C.; Schwarcz, H.P. Frumkin, A. Ford, D.C. Schwarcz, H.P. Interglacial earth science/paleoclimate/speleothems (age,null,null,calendar year before present,null,speleothems,null,null,N,null) earth science/paleoclimate/speleothems (delta 18O,calcium carbonate,null,per mil PDB,null,speleothems,raw,isotope ratio mass spectrometry,N,null) earth science/paleoclimate/speleothems (Jerusalem West Cave>LATITUDE 31.783>LONGITUDE 35.15) A long radiometrically dated oxygen isotopic record of continental climatic variations since the penultimate glaciation was obtained from a stalagmite deposited in a sealed cave in Jerusalem. This record shows that speleothems have the potential of assigning dates to long- and short-term climatic events, with possible refining of Milankovitch tuning of ice and marine records which themselves are not datable. Short-term (~1000-yr) events are very significant in the region, reaching ~50% of glacial/interglacial fluctuations. The Mediterranean Sea was the most probable source of local precipitation throughout the last glacial cycle. STUDY NOTES: Oxygen isotope data from stalagmite AF12 from Jerusalem West Cave. The original data files were lost - these data were digitized by the WDC for Paleoclimatology. NCDC-Paleoclimatology https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/data-access/paleoclimatology-data - Bauer Bruce Investigator : Frumkin, A. Investigator : Ford, D.C. Investigator : Schwarcz, H.P. 1999-03-01 ONLINE Files online, ASCII https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/paleo/study/8757 https://www1.ncdc.noaa.gov/pub/data/paleo/speleothem/asia/israel/jerusalem-west1999.xls https://www1.ncdc.noaa.gov/pub/data/paleo/speleothem/asia/israel/jerusalem-west1999.txt https://www1.ncdc.noaa.gov/pub/data/paleo/speleothem/asia/israel/jerusalem-west1999.xls https://www1.ncdc.noaa.gov/pub/data/paleo/speleothem/asia/israel/jerusalem-west1999.txt English https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/paleo/study/8757 https://www1.ncdc.noaa.gov/pub/data/paleo/speleothem/asia/israel/jerusalem-west1999.xls https://www1.ncdc.noaa.gov/pub/data/paleo/speleothem/asia/israel/jerusalem-west1999.txt Frumkin, A., D.C. Ford, and H.P. Schwarcz. 1999. Continental Oxygen Isotopic Record of the Last 170,000 Years in Jerusalem. Quaternary Research, Vol. 51, pp. 317-327. START YEAR: -166782 AD * END YEAR: 1918 AD 35.15 31.783 35.15 31.783