noaa-cave-5537
Drysdale et al. 2006 Buca della Renella, Italy Flowstone Data
Drysdale, R.N.; Zanchetta, G.; Hellstrom, J.C.; Maas, R.; Fallick, A.E.; Pickett, M.; Cartwright, I.; Piccini, L.
Drysdale et al. 2006 Buca della Renella, Italy Flowstone Data
2007-09-17
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Investigator
R.N.
Drysdale
Investigator
G.
Zanchetta
Investigator
J.C.
Hellstrom
Investigator
R.
Maas
Investigator
A.E.
Fallick
Investigator
M.
Pickett
Investigator
I.
Cartwright
Investigator
L.
Piccini
earth science
paleoclimate
speleothems
magnesium/calcium,calcium carbonate,null,mole per mole,null,speleothems,raw,inductively-coupled plasma atomic emission spectroscopy,N,null
earth science
paleoclimate
speleothems
fluorescence,calcium carbonate,null,nanometer,null,speleothems,raw,fluorescence spectroscopy,N,fluorescence emission wavelength
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paleoclimate
speleothems
delta 18O,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
delta 13C,calcium carbonate,null,per mil VPDB,null,speleothems,raw,isotope ratio mass spectrometry,N,null
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speleothems
carbon isotopes
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paleoclimate
speleothems
oxygen isotopes
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paleoclimate
speleothems
geochemistry
geoscientificInformation
-5050 AD
680 AD
7000 cal yr BP
1270 cal yr BP
Complete
44.08
44.08
10.21
10.21
Continent
Europe
Southern Europe
Italy
Buca della Renella>LATITUDE 44.08>LONGITUDE 10.21
None
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Russell Drysdale, Giovanni Zanchetta, John Hellstrom, Roland Maas, Anthony Fallick, Matthew Pickett, Ian Cartwright, and Leonardo Piccini
2006
Late Holocene drought responsible for the collapse of Old World civilizations is recorded in an Italian cave flowstone
Geology
34
2
101-104
10.1130/G22103.1
http://geology.gsapubs.org/content/34/2/101.abstract
A severe drought in parts of low-latitude northeastern Africa and southwestern Asia ~4200 yr ago caused major disruption to ancient civilizations. Stable isotope, trace element, and organic
fluorescence data from a calcite flowstone collected from the well-watered Alpi Apuane karst of central-western Italy indicate that the climatic event responsible for this drought was also recorded in mid-latitude Europe. Although the timing of this event coincides with an episode of increased ice-rafted debris to the subpolar North Atlantic, the regional ocean-atmosphere response seems atypical of similar Holocene ice-rafting events. Furthermore, comparison of the flowstone data with other regional proxies suggests that the most extreme part of the dry spell occurred toward the end of a longer-term climate anomaly.
STUDY NOTES: Stable isotope, Mg/Ca, and fluorescence data from flowstone sample RL4 from Buca della Renella, west central Italy, ~44°N, ~10°E.
Flowstone d18O and d13C values were determined by gas-source mass spectrometry. Mg and Ca concentrations using standard inductively coupled plasma atomic emission spectroscopy. Fluorescence measurements were made directly from RL4 using a fiber-optic probe coupled to a Varian Cary Eclipse spectrophotometer.
230Th/234U dating was performed on thirteen 20–30 mg samples.
Age age_calkaBP 2.68 is averages for Fluorescence column
PI submitted the following information
age_calkaBP Fluores_carb
2.68 452
2.68 459
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https://www1.ncdc.noaa.gov/pub/data/paleo/speleothem/europe/italy/renella2006.xls
Excel Data File; Buca della Renella Flowstone Isotope, Mg/Ca, and Fluorescence Data
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