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These links are provided consistent with the stated purpose of this Department of Commerce/NOAA Web site.","country":"USA","dataCenterUrl":"https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/data-access/paleoclimatology-data","email":"paleo@noaa.gov","fax":"303-497-6513","longName":"National Centers for Environmental Information, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce ","phone":"303-497-6280","postalCode":"80305-3328","shortName":"DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/NCEI","state":"CO","type":"CONTACT INFORMATION"},"contributionDate":"2010-10-09","dataPublisher":"NOAA","dataType":"SPELEOTHEMS","dataTypeInformation":"https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/data-access/paleoclimatology-data/datasets/speleothem","difMetadataLink":"http://www1.ncdc.noaa.gov/pub/data/metadata/published/paleo/dif/xml/noaa-cave-9737.xml","doi":null,"earliestYearBP":127215,"earliestYearCE":-125265,"entryId":"noaa-cave-9737","funding":[{"fundingAgency":"Gary Comer Science and Education Foundation","fundingGrant":"CC8, CP41"},{"fundingAgency":"National Basic Research Program of China","fundingGrant":"2004CB720206"},{"fundingAgency":"National Science Foundation of China ","fundingGrant":"40773009, 40531003"},{"fundingAgency":"US National Science Foundation","fundingGrant":"EAR-0908792"}],"investigators":"Cai, Y.; Cheng, H.; An, Z.; Edwards, R.L.; Wang, X.; Tan, L.; Wang, J.","mostRecentYearBP":76398,"mostRecentYearCE":-74448,"onlineResourceLink":"https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/paleo/study/9737","originalSource":null,"publication":[{"abstract":"Oxygen isotope (d18O) records of two stalagmites from Tianmen Cave, \non the south-central Tibetan Plateau, grew during much of Marine \nIsotope Stage 5. The Tianmen record, the first cave record from \nthe Tibetan Plateau, characterizes a precipitation d18O history \nlarger in amplitude but similar in structure to Asian Monsoon \nrecords from the adjacent regions, providing essential evidence \nthat the Asian Monsoon system, including the East Asian and Indian \nMonsoon subsystems, responds largely to changes in Northern Hemisphere \nsummer insolation. Extremely low d18O values during Marine Isotope \nStages 5a, 5c, and 5e suggest that precipitation, rather than \ntemperature, was a major factor controlling d18O in precipitation \non orbital time scales in the south-central Tibetan Plateau. \nThe Tianmen record may help in the interpretation of regional \nice core d18O records. The large range of orbital-scale shifts \nin meteoric d18O (>9‰) raises important considerations related to \nreconstructing the uplift history of the plateau. \n","author":null,"citation":"Cai, Y., H. Cheng, Z. An, R.L. Edwards, X. Wang, L. Tan, \nand J. Wang. 2010. \nLarge variations of oxygen isotopes in precipitation \nover south-central Tibet during Marine Isotope Stage 5. \nGeology, Vol. 38, No. 3, pp. 243-246, March 2010. \ndoi: 10.1130/G30306.1 \n","edition":null,"identifier":{"id":"10.1130/G30306.1","type":"doi","url":"http://dx.doi.org/10.1130/G30306.1"},"issue":null,"journal":"Geology","pages":null,"pubRank":"1","pubYear":2010,"reportNumber":null,"title":"Large variations of oxygen isotopes in precipitation  over south-central Tibet during Marine Isotope Stage 5","type":"publication","volume":null}],"reconstruction":"N","scienceKeywords":["Monsoon","Last Interglacial"],"site":[{"NOAASiteId":"31434","geo":{"geoType":"Feature","geometry":{"coordinates":["30.9167","90.0667"],"type":"POINT"},"properties":{"easternmostLongitude":"90.0667","maxElevationMeters":"4800","minElevationMeters":"4800","northernmostLatitude":"30.9167","southernmostLatitude":"30.9167","westernmostLongitude":"90.0667"}},"locationName":"Continent>Asia>Eastern Asia>China","mappable":"Y","paleoData":[{"NOAADataTableId":"18635","coreLengthMeters":null,"dataFile":[{"NOAAKeywords":["earth science>paleoclimate>speleothems>oxygen isotopes"],"fileUrl":"https://www1.ncdc.noaa.gov/pub/data/paleo/speleothem/asia/china/tianmen2010.txt","linkText":"tianmen2010.txt","urlDescription":"Speleothem","variables":[{"cvAdditionalInfo":null,"cvDataType":"SPELEOTHEMS","cvDetail":null,"cvError":null,"cvFormat":"Numeric","cvMaterial":null,"cvMethod":null,"cvSeasonality":null,"cvShortName":null,"cvUnit":"calendar kiloyear before present","cvWhat":"age variable>age"},{"cvAdditionalInfo":null,"cvDataType":"SPELEOTHEMS","cvDetail":"raw","cvError":null,"cvFormat":"Numeric","cvMaterial":"geological material>identified mineral>carbonate>calcium carbonate","cvMethod":"isotope ratio mass spectrometry","cvSeasonality":null,"cvShortName":null,"cvUnit":"per mil VPDB","cvWhat":"chemical composition>isotope>isotope ratio>delta 18O"}]},{"NOAAKeywords":["earth science>paleoclimate>speleothems>oxygen isotopes"],"fileUrl":"https://www1.ncdc.noaa.gov/pub/data/paleo/speleothem/asia/china/tianmen2010.xls","linkText":"tianmen2010.xls","urlDescription":"Speleothem","variables":[]}],"dataTableName":"TM-2","dataTableNotes":null,"earliestYear":125146,"earliestYearBP":125146,"earliestYearCE":-123196,"mostRecentYear":76398,"mostRecentYearBP":76398,"mostRecentYearCE":-74448,"species":[],"timeUnit":"cal yr BP"},{"NOAADataTableId":"18636","coreLengthMeters":null,"dataFile":[{"NOAAKeywords":["earth science>paleoclimate>speleothems>oxygen isotopes"],"fileUrl":"https://www1.ncdc.noaa.gov/pub/data/paleo/speleothem/asia/china/tianmen2010.txt","linkText":"tianmen2010.txt","urlDescription":"Speleothem","variables":[{"cvAdditionalInfo":null,"cvDataType":"SPELEOTHEMS","cvDetail":null,"cvError":null,"cvFormat":"Numeric","cvMaterial":null,"cvMethod":null,"cvSeasonality":null,"cvShortName":null,"cvUnit":"calendar kiloyear before present","cvWhat":"age variable>age"},{"cvAdditionalInfo":null,"cvDataType":"SPELEOTHEMS","cvDetail":"raw","cvError":null,"cvFormat":"Numeric","cvMaterial":"geological material>identified mineral>carbonate>calcium carbonate","cvMethod":"isotope ratio mass spectrometry","cvSeasonality":null,"cvShortName":null,"cvUnit":"per mil VPDB","cvWhat":"chemical composition>isotope>isotope ratio>delta 18O"}]},{"NOAAKeywords":["earth science>paleoclimate>speleothems>oxygen isotopes"],"fileUrl":"https://www1.ncdc.noaa.gov/pub/data/paleo/speleothem/asia/china/tianmen2010.xls","linkText":"tianmen2010.xls","urlDescription":"Speleothem","variables":[]}],"dataTableName":"TM-5 ","dataTableNotes":null,"earliestYear":127215,"earliestYearBP":127215,"earliestYearCE":-125265,"mostRecentYear":123227,"mostRecentYearBP":123227,"mostRecentYearCE":-121277,"species":[],"timeUnit":"cal yr BP"}],"siteName":"Tianmen Cave"}],"studyCode":null,"studyName":"Tianmen Cave, Tibet MIS5 Stalagmite Oxygen Isotope Data ","studyNotes":"Stalagmite oxygen isotope data from Tianmen Cave, Tibet, \nU-Th dated between 125 and 76 KYrBP (Marine Isotope Stage 5).  \n\nTwo stalagmites, TM-2 and TM-5, were collected ~150 m from \nthe entrance of Tianmen Cave, Bange, Tibet, China. The Tianmen \nrecord consists of 334 stable isotope measurements, with time \nresolutions between 25 and 165 years. Age model was constructed \nbased on 21 samples dated by the U-Th method using inductively \ncoupled plasma-mass spectrometry (ICP-MS). \n","version":"1.0","xmlId":"8687"}