# Huangye Cave, China 1860 Year Oxygen Isotope Data #----------------------------------------------------------------------- # World Data Center for Paleoclimatology, Boulder # and # NOAA Paleoclimatology Program #----------------------------------------------------------------------- # NOTE: Please cite Publication, and Online_Resource and date accessed when using these data. # If there is no publication information, please cite Investigators, Title, and Online_Resource and date accessed. # # # Online_Resource: https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cdo/f?p=519:1:0::::P1_STUDY_ID:11177 # # Online_Resource: https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/paleo/study/24611 # # Original_Source_URL: http://www1.ncdc.noaa.gov/pub/data/paleo/speleothem/asia/china/huangye2011.txt # # Description/Documentation lines begin with # # Data lines have no # # # Archive: Speleothems #-------------------- # Contribution_Date # Date: 2011-06 #-------------------- # Title # Study_Name: Huangye Cave, China 1860 Year Oxygen Isotope Data #-------------------- # Investigators # Investigators: Tan, L.; Cai, Y.; An, Z.; Edwards, R.L.; Cheng, H.; Shen, C.-C. ; Zhang, H. #-------------------- # Description_and_Notes # Description: Oxygen isotope (d18O) data from three stalagmites from Huangye Cave in eastern Gansu Province, northern China, combined to construct a precisely dated, continuous d18O record for the last 1860 years. To generate the composite record for the last 1860 years from the three stalagmites, we adjusted the d18O offsets to the HY2 (0.2 per mil) and HY3 (1.1 per mil) records on the level of HY1. The HY1 record and the adjusted HY2 and HY3 records were then combined to construct a new record. The new record was composed of: (i) the HY3 record from AD 1308 to the present (adjusted to the level of HY1), (ii) the original HY1 record between AD 760 and 1305, and (iii) the HY2 record between AD 138 and 754 (adjusted to the level of HY1). Finally, the new record was normalized and a composite Huangye d18OR record was generated. #-------------------- # Publication # Authors: Tan, L.; Cai, Y.; An, Z.; Edwards, R.L.; Cheng, H.; Shen, C.-C. ; Zhang, H. # Published_Date_or_Year: 2011 # Published_Title: Centennial- to decadal-scale monsoon precipitation variability in the semi-humid region, northern China during the last 1860 years: Records from stalagmites in Huangye Cave. # Journal_Name: The Holocene # Volume: 21 # Edition: 2 # Issue: # Pages: 287-296 # DOI: 10.1177/0959683610378880 # Online_Resource: # Full_Citation: Tan, L., Y. Cai, Z. An, R.L. Edwards, H. Cheng, C.-C. Shen, and H. Zhang. 2011 . Centennial- to decadal-scale monsoon precipitation variability in the semi-humid region, northern China during the last 1860 years: Records from stalagmites in Huangye Cave. The Holocene, Vol. 21(2), 287-296. DOI: 10.1177/0959683610378880 # Abstract: We developed a composite oxygen isotopic record of cave calcite for the last 1860 years based on three stalagmites from the Huangye Cave in eastern Gansu Province, northern China. The d18O values reflect monsoon precipitation changes, with lower d18O values representing higher precipitation and vice versa. Three intervals of high precipitation were identified at AD 138-450, AD 730-1200, and AD 1860-1960. Two intervals of low precipitation occurred at AD 1320-1410 and AD 1530-1860. The reconstructed monsoon precipitation variations correlate well with other records further east in the eastern Yellow River Basin, suggesting synchronous precipitation changes during the late Holocene in the semi-humid region of northern China on decadal to centennial scales. Peak periods of warfare in dynastic transition times, such as at AD 391-420, AD 601-630, AD 1111-1140, AD 1351-1380, and AD 1621-1650, correspond to sharp declines in precipitation or temperature in semi-humid northern China, indicating a strong connection between climatic and societal changes. Our study suggests that climatic deterioration in semi-humid northern China has played an important role in Chinese societal evolution. #------------------ # Authors: Anderson, D.M., Tardif, R., Horlick, K., Erb, M.P., Hakim, G.J., Noone, D., Perkins, W.A., and E. Steig # Published_Date_or_Year: 2018 # Published_Title: Additions to the last millennium reanalysis multi-proxy database # Journal_Name: Data Science Journal # Volume: # Edition: # Issue: # Pages: # Report_Number: # DOI: # Online_Resource: # Full_Citation: Anderson, D.M., Tardif, R., Horlick, K., Erb, M.P., Hakim, G., J., Noone, D., Perkins, W.A., and E. Steig, submitted. Additions to the last millennium reanalysis multi-proxy database. Data Science Journal. # Abstract: Progress in paleoclimatology increasingly occurs via data syntheses. We describe additions to a collection prepared for use in paleoclimate state estimation, specifically the Last Millennium Reanalysis (LMR). The 2290 additional series include 2152 tree ring chronologies and 138 other series. They supplement the collection used previously and together form a database titled LMRdb 1.0.0. The additional data draws from lake core, ice core, coral, speleothem, and tree ring archives, using published data primarily from the NOAA Paleoclimatology archive and a set of tree ring width chronologies standardized from raw International Tree Ring Data Bank ring width series. In contrast to many previous paleo compilations, the data were not selected (screened) on the basis of their environmental correlation, multi-century length, or other attributes. The inclusion of proxies sensitive to moisture and other environmental variables expands their use in data assimilation. A preliminary calibration using linear regression with mean annual temperature reveals characteristics of the proxy series and their relationship to temperature, as well as the noise and error characteristics of the records. The additional records are structured as individual files in the NOAA Paleoclimatology format and archived at NOAA Paleoclimatology (Anderson et al. 2018) and will continue to be improved and expanded as part of the LMR Project. The additions represent a four-fold increase in the number of records available for assimilation, provide expanded geographic coverage, and add additional proxy variables. Applications include data assimilation, proxy system model development, and paleoclimate reconstruction using climate field reconstruction and other methods. #------------------ # Funding_Agency # Funding_Agency_Name: National Basic Research Program of China # Grant: 2010CB833405 #------------------ # Funding_Agency # Funding_Agency_Name: National Science Foundation of China # Grant: 40773009 #------------------ # Funding_Agency # Funding_Agency_Name: State Key Laboratory of Loess and Quaternary Geology of China # Grant: 51QDJF0902101, SKLLQG0825 #------------------ # Funding_Agency # Funding_Agency_Name: U.S. National Science Foundation # Grant: 0502535 #------------------ # Funding_Agency # Funding_Agency_Name: Gary Comer Science and Education Foundation # Grant: CC8 #------------------ # Funding_Agency_Name: National Science Foundation # Grant:AGS-1304263 # Funding_Agency_Name: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration # Grant:NA14OAR4310176 #------------------ # Site_Information # Site_Name: Huangye Cave, Gansu Province, China # Location: Asia>Eastern Asia>China # Country: China # Northernmost_Latitude: 33.5833 # Southernmost_Latitude: 33.5833 # Easternmost_Longitude: 105.1167 # Westernmost_Longitude: 105.1167 # Elevation: 1650 m #------------------ # Data_Collection # Collection_Name: 11chin01d # Earliest_Year: 138 # Most_Recent_Year: 2002 # Time_Unit: y_ad # Core_Length: .16 m # Notes: {"database":"LMR"} Combination of cores HY1, HY2, and HY3 #------------------ # Species # Species_Name: # Common_Name: #------------------ # Chronology: # #1. Huangye Cave U-Th data # #SampleID Depth 238U 232Th d234U 230Th/238U 230ThAge 230ThAge 230ThAge d234UInitial # (mm) (ppb) (ppt) (measured) (activity) (Years,uncorr.) (YrBP, corr.) (YrAD, corr.) (corrected) #HY1 #HY1-1 1.25 309+/- 1 2534+/- 13 696.9+/- 3.8 0.00314+/- 0.00015 202+/- 10 4+/- 71 1946+/- 71 697.0+/- 3.8 #HY1-2 2.5 432+/- 1 2968+/- 7 696.8+/- 2.8 0.00346+/- 0.00022 223+/- 14 48+/- 61 1902+/- 61 697.0+/- 2.8 #HY1-3 4.5 460+/- 1 1961+/- 5 702.2+/- 3.3 0.00324+/- 0.00021 207+/- 14 78+/- 39 1872+/- 39 702.5+/- 3.3 #HY1-4 7 417+/- 1 826+/- 12 722.3+/- 3.5 0.00356+/- 0.00008 226+/- 5 134+/- 18 1816+/- 18 722.7+/- 3.5 #HY1-5 11 522+/- 1 3927+/- 9 731.3+/- 3.6 0.00551+/- 0.00029 347+/- 18 164+/- 66 1786+/- 66 731.8+/- 3.7 #HY1-6 17.5 595+/- 2 6330+/- 59 728.4+/- 8.2 0.01101+/- 0.00027 697+/- 18 460+/- 91 1490+/- 91 729.5+/- 8.3 #HY1-7 26.75 632+/- 1 14142+/- 38 768.7+/- 3.6 0.01418+/- 0.00062 877+/- 39 451+/- 188 1499+/- 188 769.8+/- 3.6 #HY1-8 34.5 629+/- 2 507+/- 2 691.9+/- 3.0 0.01110+/- 0.00015 717+/- 10 646+/- 12 1304+/- 12 693.3+/- 3.0 #HY1-9 34.75 596+/- 1 472+/- 12 688.3+/- 3.5 0.01136+/- 0.00011 737+/- 7 665+/- 10 1285+/- 10 689.7+/- 3.5 #HY1-10 48.75 612+/- 1 1004+/- 12 698.1+/- 3.3 0.01446+/- 0.00013 933+/- 8 847+/- 16 1103+/- 16 699.8+/- 3.3 #HY1-11 55.25 837+/- 1 1523+/- 28 716.9+/- 3.2 0.01540+/- 0.00013 983+/- 9 894+/- 18 1056+/- 18 718.8+/- 3.2 #HY1-12 63 681+/- 1 877+/- 4 858.9+/- 3.5 0.01804+/- 0.00020 1062+/- 12 985+/- 15 966+/- 15 861.4+/- 3.5 #HY1-13 71.25 669+/- 1 428+/- 12 844.9+/- 4.4 0.01906+/- 0.00016 1133+/- 10 1065+/- 11 885+/- 11 847.6+/- 4.4 #HY1-14 85 713+/- 1 1528+/- 4 798.8+/- 3.4 0.02027+/- 0.00020 1234+/- 12 1142+/- 21 808+/- 21 801.5+/- 3.4 #HY2 #HY2-1 3.25 696+/- 1 1842+/- 13 773.0+/- 3.9 0.01908+/- 0.00015 1181+/- 10 1079+/- 24 871+/- 24 775.5+/- 3.9 #HY2-2 6.5 690+/- 2 6088+/- 18 714.6+/- 3.5 0.02067+/- 0.00043 1322+/- 28 1116+/- 80 834+/- 80 717.0+/- 3.5 #HY2-3 24.25 741+/- 1 6530+/- 24 728.9+/- 3.8 0.02057+/- 0.00027 1306+/- 17 1100+/- 76 850+/- 76 731.2+/- 3.9 #HY2-4 37.25 743+/- 1 3672+/- 20 767.1+/- 3.8 0.02106+/- 0.00030 1308+/- 19 1169+/- 45 781+/- 45 769.7+/- 3.9 #HY2-5 50.25 853+/- 2 2565+/- 14 768.0+/- 4.3 0.02150+/- 0.00021 1335+/- 13 1227+/- 28 723+/- 28 770.8+/- 4.3 #HY2-6 84 806+/- 2 4791+/- 12 799.1+/- 3.3 0.02480+/- 0.00035 1511+/- 22 1358+/- 53 592+/- 53 802.3+/- 3.3 #HY2-7 114.5 649+/- 1 4093+/- 10 777.2+/- 3.0 0.02746+/- 0.00038 1695+/- 24 1535+/- 57 415+/- 57 780.7+/- 3.1 #HY2-8 129 721+/- 2 1848+/- 4 771.5+/- 3.5 0.02803+/- 0.00025 1736+/- 16 1637+/- 26 313+/- 26 775.2+/- 3.5 #HY2-9 163 647+/- 1 2617+/- 6 758.2+/- 3.1 0.03002+/- 0.00034 1874+/- 22 1750+/- 40 200+/- 40 762.1+/- 3.2 #HY2-10 193.5 786+/- 2 2715+/- 6 764.9+/- 3.4 0.03094+/- 0.00027 1925+/- 17 1811+/- 33 139+/- 33 769.0+/- 3.4 #HY3 #HY3-1 23 187+/- 0 9616+/- 42 658.6+/- 3.7 0.00808+/- 0.00054 548+/- 33 -419+/- 457 2369+/- 457 657.9+/- 3.8 #HY3-2 88.5 331+/- 1 2656+/- 14 652.6+/- 3.2 0.00957+/- 0.00020 634+/- 13 434+/- 72 1516+/- 72 653.5+/- 3.2 #HY3-3 119 363+/- 1 35304+/- 212 646.9+/- 2.4 0.01488+/- 0.00109 990+/- 73 -797+/- 876 2747+/- 876 645.6+/- 2.9 #HY3-4 145 373+/- 1 3777+/- 11 658.7+/- 3.3 0.01301+/- 0.00055 857+/- 36 623+/- 96 1327+/- 96 660.0+/- 3.4 # #The errors are 2sigma errors. Decay constant values are: lambda230 = 9.1577 x 10-6/yr, lambda234 = 2.8263 x 10-6/yr (Cheng et al., 2000) #and lambda238 = 1.55125 x 10-10/yr(Jaffey et al., 1971). Corrected 230Th ages assume the initial 230Th/232Th atomic ratio of 4.4 +/- 2.2 x 10-6. #Depths along the growth axes are relative to the top (youngest surface) of the stalagmites. Year BP: year before present (AD 1950). # # # # # # # #---------------- # Variables # # Data variables follow that are preceded by "##" in columns one and two. # Data line variables format: Variables list, one per line, shortname-tab-longname-tab-longname components (9 components: what, material, error, units, seasonality, archive, detail, method, C or N for Character or Numeric data) # ##age age, , , years AD, , , , ,N ##d18O delta 18 Oxygen,,,permil VPDB,,Speleothems,,,N # #---------------- # Data: # Data lines follow (have no #) # Data line format - tab-delimited text, variable short name as header # Missing Values: NAN # age d18O 2002 0.46 1998 0.56 1993 0.35 1989 0.47 1985 0.42 1981 0.18 1977 0.23 1972 0.18 1968 -0.1 1964 -0.19 1959 0.17 1954 -0.19 1949 0.05 1944 0.19 1939 -0.3 1934 -0.12 1929 -0.13 1924 -0.24 1919 0.03 1914 -0.39 1909 -0.04 1904 -0.21 1899 -0.22 1894 -0.21 1889 0.1 1884 -0.08 1879 -0.15 1874 -0.25 1869 -0.21 1864 -0.13 1859 0.02 1854 0.21 1849 0.24 1844 0.18 1839 0.25 1834 0.2 1829 0.3 1824 0.26 1819 0.18 1814 0.21 1809 0.22 1804 0.02 1799 -0.07 1795 0.21 1790 0.24 1785 0.25 1780 -0.01 1776 0.15 1771 0.14 1766 0.2 1762 0.33 1757 0.52 1753 0.28 1748 0.37 1744 0.41 1740 0.26 1735 0.35 1731 0.4 1726 0.27 1722 0.1 1718 0.1 1715 0.45 1711 0.4 1708 0.29 1704 0.37 1700 0.43 1697 -0.03 1693 0.25 1690 0.35 1686 0.35 1682 0.25 1677 0.37 1675 0.4 1673 0.54 1668 0.3 1664 0.36 1659 0.37 1655 0.18 1650 0.47 1646 0.22 1641 0.22 1637 0.27 1632 0.19 1628 0.25 1624 0.2 1619 0.3 1615 0.42 1611 0.36 1606 0.31 1602 0.26 1598 0.2 1594 0.1 1590 0.1 1586 -0.03 1582 0.17 1578 0.23 1574 0.25 1570 0.2 1566 0.45 1562 0.52 1559 0.58 1554 0.55 1550 0.3 1546 0.37 1542 0.41 1538 0.36 1536 0.3 1534 0.11 1529 0.07 1525 0.12 1521 0.05 1517 0 1513 -0.14 1508 0.1 1504 0.03 1499 0.17 1495 0.19 1490 0.13 1486 0.21 1481 0.35 1477 0.31 1472 0.32 1467 0.41 1463 -0.13 1458 -0.05 1453 0.19 1449 0 1444 0.12 1439 0.38 1434 0.08 1430 0.12 1425 0.33 1421 -0.28 1417 -0.16 1413 -0.11 1409 0.25 1405 0.18 1401 0.12 1397 0.16 1393 0.39 1389 0.24 1385 0.44 1382 0.37 1378 0.31 1375 0.39 1371 0.22 1368 0.24 1364 0.25 1361 0.31 1357 0.48 1354 0.46 1351 0.32 1346 0.33 1342 0.1 1338 0.26 1334 0.34 1329 0.14 1325 0.19 1321 0.08 1317 0 1312 -0.11 1308 -0.23 1305 -0.14 1295 -0.25 1282 -0.12 1275 -0.09 1269 -0.05 1262 0.03 1256 0.11 1249 0.06 1243 0.11 1236 0.39 1230 0.26 1223 0.03 1217 0.1 1210 0.13 1204 -0.01 1197 0.12 1191 -0.12 1184 -0.14 1178 -0.16 1171 -0.11 1165 -0.2 1158 0.08 1152 0.02 1145 -0.24 1138 -0.56 1132 -0.32 1125 -0.3 1119 -0.37 1112 -0.23 1106 -0.2 1096 -0.13 1093 -0.15 1090 -0.11 1086 -0.19 1083 -0.09 1080 0 1077 0.13 1073 0.01 1070 0.26 1067 -0.01 1064 -0.33 1061 0.09 1057 -0.04 1054 0.2 1051 0.31 1041 0.05 1035 0.17 1029 0.22 1024 0.17 1018 0.14 1012 0.15 1006 0.07 1000 0.05 995 -0.09 989 0.06 983 -0.1 977 -0.11 971 0.01 966 -0.16 961 -0.27 956 -0.03 951 -0.09 946 -0.28 941 -0.07 936 -0.21 931 0.13 926 -0.22 922 -0.17 917 -0.15 912 -0.2 907 0.01 902 -0.02 897 -0.11 892 -0.09 887 0.04 883 0.26 881 0.07 878 0.03 875 -0.22 872 -0.22 870 -0.21 867 0 864 0 861 0.06 858 0.08 855 -0.38 853 -0.26 850 -0.29 847 -0.43 844 -0.41 841 -0.09 839 -0.3 836 -0.4 833 -0.39 830 -0.09 827 -0.08 825 -0.22 822 -0.49 819 -0.29 816 -0.4 813 -0.37 811 -0.28 808 -0.27 805 -0.06 802 -0.28 799 -0.26 796 -0.16 794 -0.12 791 -0.08 788 -0.23 785 -0.31 782 -0.2 780 -0.22 777 0.02 774 -0.05 771 0.37 768 -0.09 766 -0.12 763 0.06 760 -0.61 754 -0.24 751 -0.15 746 -0.28 742 -0.22 737 -0.3 733 -0.21 728 0.08 724 0.14 720 -0.08 716 -0.26 712 0.2 708 -0.05 704 -0.01 700 0.28 697 0.26 693 0.21 689 -0.05 685 -0.31 681 -0.06 677 -0.01 673 -0.21 670 0.4 666 -0.2 662 -0.26 658 0.01 654 -0.22 650 -0.23 646 0.27 643 0.37 639 0 635 0.03 631 -0.16 627 -0.1 623 0.19 619 0.01 615 0.11 612 -0.09 608 0.26 604 0.14 600 0.39 596 0.11 592 -0.26 587 0.01 581 -0.05 575 -0.33 569 0.13 563 -0.16 558 0.16 552 0.25 546 0.02 540 -0.18 534 -0.26 529 -0.23 523 0.11 517 -0.16 511 -0.03 505 -0.12 500 -0.08 494 -0.17 488 0.02 482 0.01 476 -0.12 471 0.14 465 0.19 459 0.02 453 0.01 447 -0.19 442 -0.26 436 -0.4 430 0.01 424 -0.19 418 -0.36 412 -0.31 405 -0.22 398 0.24 391 -0.22 384 0.05 377 0.08 370 -0.23 362 -0.18 355 -0.41 348 0.18 341 0.03 334 -0.13 327 -0.09 320 -0.32 313 0.35 310 0.09 306 0.07 303 0.15 300 -0.36 296 -0.41 293 -0.49 290 -0.23 286 -0.23 283 -0.25 280 -0.3 276 -0.63 273 -0.16 270 0.02 266 -0.24 263 -0.16 260 0.1 256 -0.01 253 -0.06 250 0.1 246 -0.37 243 -0.06 240 -0.31 236 -0.23 233 -0.16 230 -0.2 226 -0.43 223 -0.25 220 -0.23 216 0.05 213 -0.46 210 0.03 206 0 203 -0.15 200 -0.27 198 -0.25 196 -0.26 194 -0.34 192 -0.49 190 -0.44 188 -0.39 186 -0.33 184 -0.18 182 -0.54 180 -0.43 178 -0.14 176 -0.55 174 -0.43 172 -0.13 170 -0.22 168 -0.33 166 -0.21 164 -0.12 162 -0.3 160 -0.11 158 -0.45 156 -0.07 154 -0.23 152 -0.42 150 -0.44 148 -0.46 146 -0.47 144 -0.23 142 -0.13 140 -0.14 138 -0.17