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NOAA/WDS Paleoclimatology - Korallgrottan, Sweden 4000 Year Stalagmite Stable Isotope Data

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This archived Paleoclimatology Study is available from the NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI), under the World Data Service (WDS) for Paleoclimatology. The associated NCEI study type is Cave. The data include parameters of speleothems with a geographic location of Sweden, Scandanavia. The time period coverage is from 3792 to -55 in calendar years before present (BP). See metadata information for parameter and study location details. Please cite this study when using the data.
  • Cite as: Sundqvist, H.; Holmgren, K.; Moberg, A.; Spötl, C.; Mangini, A. (2010-10-06): NOAA/WDS Paleoclimatology - Korallgrottan, Sweden 4000 Year Stalagmite Stable Isotope Data. [indicate subset used]. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. https://doi.org/10.25921/67b0-kc03. Accessed [date].
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Coverage Description Date Range: -1842 CE to 2005 CE; Date Range: 3792 cal yr BP to -55 cal yr BP;
Time Period -1842 to 2005
Spatial Bounding Box Coordinates
West: 14.16
East: 14.16
South: 64.89
North: 64.89
Spatial Coverage Map
General Documentation
Associated Resources
  • Stable isotopes in a stalagmite from NW Sweden document environmental changes over the past 4000 years
    • Associated Reference published 2009
      Sundqvist, H.S., K. Holmgren, A. Moberg, C. Spötl, and A. Mangini, 2009: Stable isotopes in a stalagmite from NW Sweden document environmental changes over the past 4000 years. Boreas, 39, 77-86, 10.1111/j.1502-3885.2009.00099.x
Publication Dates
  • publication: 2010-10-06
Data Presentation Form Digital table - digital representation of facts or figures systematically displayed, especially in columns
Dataset Progress Status Complete - production of the data has been completed
Data Update Frequency Data update frequency not available
Supplemental Information
STUDY NOTES: Stable oxygen and carbon isotope data from Korallgrottan, northwestern Sweden. Korallgrottan is located in the Caledonian mountain range about 100 km off the North Atlantic coast in the county of Jämtland. Stalagmite K11 is 47mm long, with a basal diameter of about 50 mm.
ABSTRACT SUPPLIED BY ORIGINATOR: This study of a 4000-year-old stalagmite from Korallgrottan in northwestern Sweden highlights the potentials and challenges when using stable isotopes in stalagmites as climate proxies, as well as the fact that the relationship between climate and proxy may change through time. Both the oxygen and the carbon isotopes display an overall trend of enrichment together with decreasing growth rates over the time period covered by the stalagmite, which is considered a generally cooling period according to current palaeoclimate understanding. The stable isotope records show enriched isotopic values during the, for Scandinavia, comparatively cold period AD 1300-1700 and depleted values during the warmer period AD 800-1000. The indication of a negative relationship between measured d18O and surface temperature concurs with earlier reported stalagmite records from regions with a seasonal snow cover and is further supported by the fact that the stalagmite d18O record shows general similarities with both regional and hemispheric temperature reconstructions available for the past 500 and 2000 years, respectively. Compared with a stable isotope record of lacustrine carbonates from northern Sweden, however, shifting correlations over time between the two records indicate that a local hydrological change may have taken place at Korallgrottan, or at the lake, compared with around 1000 years ago. The earlier part of the stalagmite d18O might thus be influenced, to some extent, by another process than the later part, which means that a negative relationship between d18O and surface temperature might not hold for the entire 4000-year-old record.
Purpose Records of past temperature, precipitation, and other aspects of climate derived from mineral deposits found in caves. Parameter keywords describe what was measured in this dataset. Additional summary information can be found in the abstracts of papers listed in the dataset citations.
Dataset Citation
  • Cite as: Sundqvist, H.; Holmgren, K.; Moberg, A.; Spötl, C.; Mangini, A. (2010-10-06): NOAA/WDS Paleoclimatology - Korallgrottan, Sweden 4000 Year Stalagmite Stable Isotope Data. [indicate subset used]. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. https://doi.org/10.25921/67b0-kc03. Accessed [date].
  • Please cite original publication, online resource, dataset and publication DOIs (where available), and date accessed when using downloaded data. If there is no publication information, please cite investigator, title, online resource, and date accessed. The appearance of external links associated with a dataset does not constitute endorsement by the Department of Commerce/National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration of external Web sites or the information, products or services contained therein. For other than authorized activities, the Department of Commerce/NOAA does not exercise any editorial control over the information you may find at these locations. These links are provided consistent with the stated purpose of this Department of Commerce/NOAA Web site.
Cited Authors
  • Sundqvist, H.
  • Holmgren, K.
  • Moberg, A.
  • Spötl, C.
  • Mangini, A.
Originators
  • Sundqvist, H.
  • Holmgren, K.
  • Moberg, A.
  • Spötl, C.
  • Mangini, A.
Publishers
  • NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information
Theme keywords Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Science Keywords
  • Earth Science > Climate Indicators > Paleoclimate Indicators > Land Records > Cave Deposits
  • Earth Science > Climate Indicators > Paleoclimate Indicators > Speleothems
  • Earth Science > Paleoclimate > Land Records > Cave Deposits
Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Science Keywords
  • earth science > paleoclimate > speleothems
  • earth science > paleoclimate > speleothems
  • earth science > paleoclimate > speleothems
  • earth science > paleoclimate > speleothems > carbon isotopes
  • earth science > paleoclimate > speleothems > oxygen isotopes
  • decadal resolution
Paleoenvironmental Standard Terms (PaST) Thesaurus
  • What: delta 18O; Material: calcium carbonate
  • What: age; Material: null
  • What: delta 13C; Material: calcium carbonate
Data Center keywords Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Data Center Keywords
  • DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/NCEI > National Centers for Environmental Information, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce
Place keywords
  • Continent > Europe > Northern Europe > Scandanavia > Sweden > Korallgrottan Stalagmite > LATITUDE 64.89 > LONGITUDE 14.16
Use Constraints
  • Cite as: Sundqvist, H.; Holmgren, K.; Moberg, A.; Spötl, C.; Mangini, A. (2010-10-06): NOAA/WDS Paleoclimatology - Korallgrottan, Sweden 4000 Year Stalagmite Stable Isotope Data. [indicate subset used]. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. https://doi.org/10.25921/67b0-kc03. Accessed [date].
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