Continuous 500,000-Year Climate Record from Vein Calcite in Devils Hole, Nevada

• Published in: Science
• Main Authors: Winograd, Isaac J., Coplen, Tyler B., Landwehr, Jurate M., Riggs, Alan C., Ludwig, Kenneth R., Szabo, Barney J., Kolesar, Peter T., Revesz, Kinga M.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) 1992
• Subjects: Devils Hole; Antarc*; Antarctica; Ice Sheet
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.258.5080.255; https://www.science.org/doi/pdf/10.1126/science.258.5080.255

Oxygen-18 (δ 18 O) variations in a 36-centimeter-long core (DH-11) of vein calcite from Devils Hole, Nevada, yield an uninterrupted 500,000-year paleotemperature record that closely mimics all major features in the Vostok (Antarctica) paleotemperature and marine δ 18 O ice-volume records. The chrono...