Mid-Holocene drying of the U.S. Great Basin recorded in Nevada speleothems

• Published in: Quaternary Science Reviews
• Main Authors: Steponaitis, Elena, Andrews, Alexandra, McGee, David, Quade, Jay, Hsieh, Yu-Te
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: Digital Commons @ University of South Florida 2015
• Subjects: Great Basin; Holocene; Speleothems; U–Th Dating; Paleoclimate; Hudson Bay; Pacific; Hudson; Basin Lake; Ice Sheet
• Online Access: https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/kip_articles/3282; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2015.04.011

Lake level records point to dramatic changes in Great Basin water balance over the last 25 ka, but the timing and pace of Holocene drying in the region remains poorly documented. Here we present stable isotope and trace metal data from two Lehman Caves, NV speleothems that provide a well-dated recor...