Speleothem growth and stable carbon isotopes as proxies of the presence and thermodynamical state of glaciers compared to modelled glacier evolution in the Alps

V Skiba, G Jouvet, N Marwan, C Spötl… - Quaternary Science …, 2023 - Elsevier
In recent years, glacier modelling proved to be an essential tool for simulating Quaternary
glacier evolution in the European Alps. Yet, only sparse empirical data mostly concentrated …

[HTML][HTML] Speleothems in subglacial caves: An emerging archive of glacial climate history and mountain glacier dynamics

C Spötl, JL Baker, V Skiba, A Honiat… - Quaternary Science …, 2024 - Elsevier
Speleothems from cold high-elevation (and high-latitude) caves are sensitive
paleoenvironmental archives, because they form close to the freezing point of water, and …

Climatic and cave settings influence on drip water fluorescent organic matter with implications for fluorescent laminations in stalagmites

LS Endres, C Jacquin, S González-Lemos… - Quaternary …, 2024 - cambridge.org
Speleothem fluorescence can provide insights into past vegetation dynamics and stalagmite
chronology. However, its origin and especially the formation of fluorescent laminations in …

An annually laminated stalagmite from the eastern Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau provides evidence of climate instability during the early MIS5e in the Asian summer …

T Gao, P Zhang, H Cheng, L Zhang, X Li, H Shi… - Science China Earth …, 2023 - Springer
Abstract The Marine Isotope Stage (MIS5e) is characterized by a warmer climate than that of
the pre-industrial period, and serves as an analog for the Current Warm Period (CWP) …

Re‐investigation of the Bispingen palaeolake sediment succession (northern Germany) reveals that the Last Interglacial (Eemian) in northern‐central Europe lasted at …

S Lauterbach, FH Neumann, R Tjallingii, A Brauer - Boreas, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Investigating past interglacial climatic and environmental changes can enhance our
understanding of the natural rates and ranges of climate variability under interglacial …

[HTML][HTML] SISALv3: a global speleothem stable isotope and trace element database

N Kaushal, FA Lechleitner, M Wilhelm… - … system science data, 2024 - essd.copernicus.org
Palaeoclimate information on multiple climate variables at different spatiotemporal scales is
becoming increasingly important to understand environmental and societal responses to …

Palaeobotanical records from cave environments

JS Carrión, J Ochando, K Sniderman, D Festi - Review of Palaeobotany …, 2022 - Elsevier
Caves have been historically sources of literary and mythological inspiration, settings for
geographical, geological, and biological research and, undoubtedly, cornerstones for …

Ancient DNA from speleothems: opportunity or challenge?

A Marchesini, D Festi, M Girardi, D Micheletti… - Quaternary …, 2023 - cambridge.org
Ancient environmental DNA retrieved from sedimentary records (sedaDNA) can complement
fossil-morphological approaches for characterizing Quaternary biodiversity changes. PCR …

A paleoprecipitation and paleotemperature reconstruction of the Last Interglacial in the southeastern Alps

C Honiat, G Koltai, Y Dublyansky… - Climate of the Past …, 2022 - cp.copernicus.org
The Last Interglacial (LIG,~ 130–116 ka) was one of the warmest interglacials of the past
800,000 years and an important test bed for future climate conditions warmer than today. LIG …

Early Last Interglacial environmental changes recorded by speleothems from Katerloch (south‐east Austria)

C Honiat, D Festi, PS Wilcox… - Journal of …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract In the European Alps, the Last Interglacial (LIG,~ 129–116 ka) has been primarily
studied using pollen preserved in mires and lake sediments. These records document the …