Identification

Data Identification:

citation:

Citation:

Title:

U-Th chronology results of Siberian and Mongolian speleothems, data used as the basis of a scientific paper. (NERC Grant NE/G013829/1)

Date:

CI_Date:

Date Type:

creation

date:

2016-06-22

Identifier:

RS_Identifier:

code:

http://data.bgs.ac.uk/id/dataHolding/13606940

Abstract:

The data presented in the Table 1 are U-Th chronology results of Siberian and Mongolian speleothems. This data is a basis for a scientific paper of Vaks, A. et al. (2013) "Speleothems Reveal 500,000-Year History of Siberian Permafrost." Science 340 (6129): 183-186. The table shows the ages of 111 layers of 36 speleothems taken from the six caves of Siberia and Mongolia. Vadose speleothems grow in caves of unsaturated zone when atmospheric water infiltrates into the caves from the surface. Therefore these speleothems cannot grow in permafrost, as well as in dry desert conditions. Therefore in Siberia the periods of speleothem growth show intervals during which the Siberian permafrost thawed and became discontinuous or absent. In Mongolian Gobi Desert the speleothem deposition periods show when the desert was both humid than present and warm enough to enable water infiltration into the caves. The data presented in tables 2 and 3 are OxCal-4.1 modeling results of the Table 1 chronology data for the Holocene (Table 2) and Marine Isotopic Stage (MIS) 5.5 (Table 3). The tables show exact durations of Holocene and MIS-5.5 permafrost thawing periods in Botovskaya and Okhotnichya Caves.

Point of Contact:

Responsible Party:

Individual Name:

Dr A Vaks

Organisation Name:

Geological Survey of Israel

Position Name:

null

Contact Info:

CI_Contact:

Address:

city:

Jerusalem

e-mail:

not available

role:

pointOfContact

Responsible Party:

Individual Name:

Dr A Vaks

Organisation Name:

Geological Survey of Israel

Position Name:

null

Contact Info:

CI_Contact:

Address:

city:

Jerusalem

e-mail:

not available

role:

principalInvestigator

Resource Maintenance:

MD_MaintenanceInformation:

maint. / update frequency:

notApplicable

Graphic overview:

Browse Graphic:

File Name:

https://resources.bgs.ac.uk/images/geonetworkThumbs/36697b8a-5f1f-2ec7-e054-002128a47908.png

Descriptive Keywords:

Keywords:

keyword:

http://www.eionet.europa.eu/gemet/concept?cp=13&langcode=en&ns=5

keyword:

Geology

Thesaurus Name:

Citation:

Title:

GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0

Date:

CI_Date:

date:

2008-06-01

Date Type:

publication

Keywords:

keyword:

NGDC Deposited Data

Thesaurus Name:

Citation:

Title:

BGS Thesaurus of Geosciences

Date:

CI_Date:

date:

2022

Date Type:

revision

Keywords:

keyword:

https://webapps.bgs.ac.uk/services/ngdc/accessions/index.html

keyword:

NGDC Deposited Data

Type:

dataCentre

Keywords:

keyword:

NERC_DDC

Resource Constraints:

MD_LegalConstraints:

Access Constraints:

otherRestrictions

Other Constraints:

http://inspire.ec.europa.eu/metadata-codelist/LimitationsOnPublicAccess/noLimitations

Other Constraints:

no limitations

Other Constraints:

The dataset is made freely available for access, e.g. via the Internet. Either no third party data / information is contained in the dataset or BGS has secured written permission from the owner(s) of any third party data / information contained in the dataset to make the dataset freely accessible.

MD_LegalConstraints:

Use Constraints:

otherRestrictions

Other Constraints:

The copyright of materials derived from the British Geological Survey's work is vested in the Natural Environment Research Council [NERC]. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, or stored in a retrieval system of any nature, without the prior permission of the copyright holder, via the BGS Intellectual Property Rights Manager. Use by customers of information provided by the BGS, is at the customer's own risk. In view of the disparate sources of information at BGS's disposal, including such material donated to BGS, that BGS accepts in good faith as being accurate, the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) gives no warranty, expressed or implied, as to the quality or accuracy of the information supplied, or to the information's suitability for any use. NERC/BGS accepts no liability whatever in respect of loss, damage, injury or other occurence however caused.

Other Constraints:

Available under the Open Government Licence subject to the following acknowledgement accompanying the reproduced NERC materials "Contains NERC materials ©NERC [year]"

language:

eng

topicCategory:

geoscientificInformation

Extent:

Geographic Element:

Geographic Bounding Box:

westBoundLongitude:

116.9400

eastBoundLongitude:

116.9500

southBoundLatitude:

60.3700

northBoundLatitude:

60.3800

Geographic Bounding Box:

westBoundLongitude:

108.3200

eastBoundLongitude:

108.3300

southBoundLatitude:

45.5800

northBoundLatitude:

45.5900

Geographic Bounding Box:

westBoundLongitude:

107.4500

eastBoundLongitude:

107.4600

southBoundLatitude:

42.5000

northBoundLatitude:

42.5100

Geographic Bounding Box:

westBoundLongitude:

107.8200

eastBoundLongitude:

107.8300

southBoundLatitude:

42.5800

northBoundLatitude:

42.5900

Geographic Bounding Box:

westBoundLongitude:

105.4800

eastBoundLongitude:

105.4900

southBoundLatitude:

52.1200

northBoundLatitude:

52.1300

Geographic Bounding Box:

westBoundLongitude:

105.3200

eastBoundLongitude:

105.3300

southBoundLatitude:

55.3100

northBoundLatitude:

55.3200

Temporal Element:

TemporalExtent:

extent:

begin / end:

begin:

unknown

end:

before

Supplemental Information:

The locations of the caves are as follows: 1) Lenskaya Ledyanaya Cave - 60°22'15.60""N-116°56'47.30""E 2) Botovskaya Cave - 55°18'56.83""N-105°19'28.58""E 3) Okhotnichya Cave - 52°07'40.56""N-105°29'10.76""E 4) Shar-Khana Cave - 45°35'23.1""N-108°19'18.8""E 5) Gurvan Zeerd Cave - 42°30'15.7""N-107°27'00.1""E 6) Lovon Chombo Cave - 42°35'18.4""N-107°49'32.0""E"

Distribution

Distribution:

Transfer Options:

Digital Transfer Options:

onLine:

CI_OnlineResource:

linkage:

http://www.bgs.ac.uk/services/ngdc/accessions/index.html#item59589

function:

download

Data Quality

Data Quality:

Scope:

DQ_Scope:

level:

dataset

Level Description:

MD_ScopeDescription:

other:

dataset

Report:

Domain Consistency:

Result:

Conformance Result:

specification:

Citation:

Title:

INSPIRE Implementing rules laying down technical arrangements for the interoperability and harmonisation of Geology

Date:

CI_Date:

Date Type:

publication

date:

2011

explanation:

See the referenced specification

pass:

Domain Consistency:

Result:

Conformance Result:

specification:

Citation:

Title:

Commission Regulation (EU) No 1089/2010 of 23 November 2010 implementing Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards interoperability of spatial data sets and services

Date:

CI_Date:

Date Type:

publication

date:

2010-12-08

explanation:

See http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2010:323:0011:0102:EN:PDF

pass:

Lineage:

LI_Lineage:

statement:

Lineage information may be available in the paper, Speleothems Reveal 500,000-Year History of Siberian Permafrost. https://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.1228729

Metadata

File Identifier:

36697b8a-5f1f-2ec7-e054-002128a47908

language:

eng

Resource type:

dataset

Metadata Contact:

Responsible Party:

Organisation Name:

British Geological Survey

Contact Info:

CI_Contact:

phone:

CI_Telephone:

voice:

+44 115 936 3100

Address:

Delivery Point:

Environmental Science Centre,Keyworth

city:

NOTTINGHAM

administrative Area:

NOTTINGHAMSHIRE

Postal Code:

NG12 5GG

country:

United Kingdom

e-mail:

enquiries@bgs.ac.uk

role:

pointOfContact

Date Stamp:

2024-04-24

Metadata Standard Name:

http://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/M25/current/GEMINI/

Metadata Standard Name:

UK GEMINI

Metadata Standard Version:

2.3

Dataset URI:

http://data.bgs.ac.uk/id/dataHolding/13606940