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: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: Digital Commons @ University of South Florida 1992
• Subjects: Devils Hole; Antarc*; Antarctica; Ice Sheet
• Online Access: https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/kip_articles/1158; https://doi.org/10.1126/science.258.5080.255

Oxygen-18 (δ18O) 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 δ18O ice-volume records. The chronology...