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Waring, Chris L; Hankin, Stuart I; Griffith, David W T; Kettlewell, Graham (2017): Continuous 3-year record of cave methane, trace gases and environmental data collected in Jenolan Caves, Australia [dataset publication series]. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.878077, Supplement to: Waring, Chris L; Hankin, Stuart I; Griffith, David W T; Kertesz, Michael A; Kobylski, Victoria; Wilson, Neil L; Coleman, Nicholas V; Kettlewell, Graham; Zlot, Robert; Bosse, Michael; Bell, Graham (2017): Seasonal total methane depletion in limestone caves. Scientific Reports, 7(1), 12 pp, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-07769-6

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Abstract:
Speleothem palaeo-climate records rely on the transfer of external weather and climate signals to growing speleothems in the cave environment. Both cave atmosphere and drip-water chemistry affects this signal transfer. Speleothem growth may be detected by measuring the isotopic composition of CO2 in the cave atmosphere. Our study was designed to measure the rapid response of cave atmosphere to changes in external weather and the incorporation of environmental signals into speleothems. The approach to data collection was to define the sources and sinks of trace gases in the cave measured at high frequency (hour) to match rapid changes in weather, principally temperature, which drives convective cave ventilation.
This time series data-set collected at the Jenolan Caves experiment site in NSW, Australia is the first long-term (3 yr) continuous measurement of d13C in CO2 and CH4 in-situ in a cave. Spectroscopic methods, Cavity Ring Down Spectroscopy (CRDS) and Fourier Transform Infra Red (FTIR) were used. In addition to d13C in CO2 and CH4, time-series data for N2O, CO and 222Rn were also recorded.
Coverage:
Latitude: -33.818800 * Longitude: 150.022600
Date/Time Start: 2012-05-16T21:00:00 * Date/Time End: 2016-09-15T09:45:00
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Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported (CC-BY-3.0)
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Datasets listed in this publication series

  1. Waring, CL; Hankin, SI; Griffith, DWT et al. (2017): Radon 222 activity time-series measurements of cave atmosphere in Jenolan Caves, Australia, 2014-2016. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.878074
  2. Waring, CL; Hankin, SI; Griffith, DWT et al. (2017): CRDS time-series measurements of cave atmosphere in Jenolan Caves, Australia, 2012-2015. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.878070
  3. Waring, CL; Hankin, SI; Griffith, DWT et al. (2017): FTIR time-series measurements of cave atmosphere in Jenolan Caves, Australia, 2015-2016. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.878071
  4. Waring, CL; Hankin, SI; Griffith, DWT et al. (2017): In-soil sensor monitoring station time-series measurements at Jenolan Caves (Hilltop), Australia, 2014-2016. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.878075
  5. Waring, CL; Hankin, SI; Griffith, DWT et al. (2017): In-cave sensor time-series measurements of cave environmental conditions in Jenolan Caves (Flitch of Bacon), Australia, 2012-2016. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.878072
  6. Waring, CL; Hankin, SI; Griffith, DWT et al. (2017): Weather station time-series measurements at Jenolan Caves (Plughole), Australia, 2012-2016. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.878076