Andy Baker

The SISAL team of international cave scientists have just published the latest version of their database of speleothem oxygen and carbon isotope composition, now with trace element composition included. Led by Nikita Kaushal and Franziska Lechleitner, the paper and database is available at Earth System Science Data at: https://essd.copernicus.org/articles/16/1933/2024

What is new? The SISALv3 database contains speleothem data from 365 sites from across the globe, including up to 95 trace element records, 892  oxygen isotope records and 620 carbon isotope records, all with standardized chronologies. The greatest amount of data is available for the most recent few thousand years, decreasing as you go further back in time.

There is one table in particular that might be of broad interest, which summarizes the climatic and environmental interpretation of commonly analysed speleothem trace elements.

These database papers are only possible thanks to the support of the research community, who provide their data. And also the SISAL team, who largely volunteer their work time to work on SISAL projects. Thanks to PAGES ( https://pastglobalchanges.org/node/1) for their support of the SISAL working group. You can read more about SISAL at: https://pastglobalchanges.org/science/wg/former/sisal/intro