Late Pleistocene paleoclimate in the Black Hills of South Dakota from isotope records in speleothems

• Published in: Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology
• Main Authors: Serefiddin, Feride, Schwarcz, Henry P., Ford, Derek C., Baldwin, Steve
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: Digital Commons @ University of South Florida 2004
• Subjects: Speleothems; 18O/16O; Black Hills; Quaternary; Stable Isotopes; Greenland; Greenland ice cores; North Atlantic
• Online Access: https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/kip_articles/3093; https://doi.org/10.1016/S0031-0182(03)00639-4

Two coeval speleothems from the Black Hills are used to investigate δ18O and δ13C variations within Reed’s Cave and reconstruct climate during the Wisconsin glacial period from 82 000 to 24 000 years ago. Variation in growth rates between the two speleothems reveals a strong control of hydrology and...