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Supplementary Data to Devils Hole calcite was precipitated at ±1 °C stable aquifer temperatures during the last half million years
David Bajnai;
Tyler B. Coplen;
Katharina Methner;
Niklas Löffler;
Emilija Krsnik;
Jens Fiebig
In this dataset, we provide analytical data to Devils Hole calcite was precipitated at ±1 °C stable aquifer temperatures during the last half million years by Bajnai et al. (2021). Also deposited here is the R code that was used to generate the figures in the manuscript.
Subaqueous carbonates from the Devils Hole caves (southwestern U.S.A.) provide a continuous Holocene to Pleistocene North American paleoclimate record. The accuracy of this record relies on two assumptions: that carbonates precipitated close to isotope equilibrium and that groundwater temperature did not change significantly in the last 570 thousand years. Here, we investigate these assumptions using dual clumped isotope thermometry. This method relies on simultaneous analyses of carbonate ∆47 and ∆48 values and provides information on the existence and extent of kinetic isotope fractionation. Our results confirm the hypothesis that calcite precipitation occurred close to oxygen and clumped isotope equilibrium during the last half million years in Devils Hole. In addition, we provide evidence that aquifer temperatures varied by less than ± 1 °C during this interval. Thus, the Devils Hole calcite δ18O time series exclusively represents changes in groundwater δ18O values.
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- Publication date:
- May 28, 2021
- DOI:
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- Keyword(s):
- semi-arid desert rainfall drip-water epikarst speleothem cave
- Published in:
- Geophysical Research Letters: pp. e2021GL093257.
- Related identifiers:
- Supplement to
- 10.1029/2021GL093257 (Journal article)
- License (for files):
- Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International