How to cite this dataset:
Kaushal, Nikita, Lechleitner, Franziska, Wilhelm, Micah and SISAL working group members (2024): SISALv3: Speleothem Isotopes Synthesis and AnaLysis database version 3.0. University of Oxford. Dataset. DOI: 10.5287/ora-2nanwp4rk
This is the latest version of this item. Previous versions of the item can be found at the following links:
• SISAL (Speleothem Isotopes Synthesis and AnaLysis Working Group) database Version 1.0. (deposited 04 Jun 2018 07:14)
• SISAL (Speleothem Isotopes Synthesis and AnaLysis Working Group) database version 1b. (deposited 13 Feb 2019 15:30)
• SISAL (Speleothem Isotopes Synthesis and AnaLysis Working Group) database version 2.0. (deposited 20 Feb 2020 11:22)
• SISAL (Speleothem Isotopes Synthesis and AnaLysis Working Group) database version 2.0. (deposited 13 Jul 2020 10:07)
• SISAL (Speleothem Isotopes Synthesis and AnaLysis Working Group) database version 3.0. (deposited 25 Aug 2023 (**NB: This version of the dataset has been superseded by a revised iteration: SISALv3: Speleothem Isotopes Synthesis and AnaLysis database version 3.0 (http://dx.doi.org/10.5287/ora-2nanwp4rk) **)
Stable isotope and trace elements records from speleothems provide information on past climate changes, most particularly information that can be used to reconstruct past changes in precipitation and atmospheric circulation. SISAL (Speleothem Isotope Synthesis and Analysis) is an international working group of the Past Global Changes (PAGES) project. The working group aims to provide a comprehensive compilation of speleothem isotope and trace elements records for climate reconstruction and model evaluation. SISALv3 database contains 892 oxygen isotope, 620 carbon isotope, 95 Mg/Ca, 85 Sr/Ca, 52 Ba/Ca, 25 U/Ca, 29 P/Ca and 14 Sr isotope records from 838 speleothems from 365 cave sites worldwide, and metadata describing the cave settings and age models of these records. This version contains standardized age-depth models. There are also 51 datafiles containing trace element data and 246 image files of cave maps and entity scans.
In order to assure traceability, any presentation, report, or publication that uses the SISALv3 database should cite Atsawawaranunt et al. (2018; https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-10-1687-2018), Comas-Bru et al. (2019; https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-15-1557-2019), Comas-Bru et al. (2020; https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-2020-39) and Kaushal et al. (2023; https://doi.org/10.5287/ora-mzy8pozvk). If using individual sites, the literature citations for published work provided in the database should also be cited. Contact information of data contributors of unpublished data is also provided and they should be contacted when unpublished records are used on an individual basis. If cave site or entity (speleothem) images stored into linked repository folder are to be used, corresponding citation, copyright and license information must be adhered to. This information is provided in an excel file in the repository
