10.1594/PANGAEA.988350Steidle, Simon DominikSimon DominikSteidle0000-0002-3391-1463University of InnsbruckDublyansky, YuriYuriDublyansky0000-0003-1433-9999University of InnsbruckRoman, MarcoMarcoRomanCa' Foscari University of VeniceMoseley, Gina ElaineGina ElaineMoseley0000-0002-5618-5759University of InnsbruckWendt, Kathleen AKathleen AWendtOregon State UniversityEdwards, R LawrenceR LawrenceEdwards0000-0002-7027-5881University of MinnesotaSpötl, ChristophChristophSpötl0000-0001-7167-4940University of InnsbruckPANGAEA2026Devils HoleGreat Basingroundwater tablepalaeoclimatespeleothemTh-U agesEvent labelSample code/labelCommentELEVATIONDISTANCEUranium-238Uranium-238, uncertaintyThorium-232Thorium-232, uncertaintyThorium-230/Thorium-232 atomic ratioThorium-230/Thorium-232 atomic ratio, uncertaintyδ234 Uraniumδ234 Uranium, uncertaintyThorium-230/Uranium-238 activity ratioThorium-230/Uranium-238 activity ratio, uncertaintyAge, datedAge, dated, uncertaintyδ234 Uranium (0)δ234 Uranium (0), uncertaintyCalendar ageCalendar age, uncertaintyTypeSpeleothem sampleMeasuredAge, 230Th/U, not corrected for detrital 230ThCorrectedAge, 230Th/U, corrected for detrital 230Th2023-02-11T14:00:00Dataset10.1016/j.quascirev.2026.10986510.1038/s43247-024-01550-01070 data pointstext/tab-separated-valuesCreative Commons Attribution 4.0 InternationalU-series measurements to constrain the age of Devils Hole cave 2's submerged calcite (Nevada, USA). Samples originate from 9 horizontally drilled cores of 0.5 to 1.3m length and 2.5cm diameter. They were taken from the hanging wall at elevations between +3.2 m and +9.9 m relative to the modern water table. Sampling was done between the years 2015 and 2023. Samples for dating are all taken from mammillary calcite which precipitates from the groundwater underneath the water table. The sequence of mammillary calcite and Folia which only grows at the water table surface allow to reconstruct a water table history. Depending on the sequence of mammillary calcite and Folia, samples represent the following types: ( i ) the water table increased above this elevation, ( d ) the water table decrease to below this elevation, ( b ) water table rose briefly above this elevation and then dropped below it again, ( x ) water table was above this elevation (see method section of Steidle et al. (2024) for details). 230Th/U ages were calculated. The updated record of water-table changes enables a comparison with sea-level records between 120,000 to 70,000 years ago, revealing concurrent changes in both during this period. This strengthens the hypothesis that orbital-scale water-table changes are closely linked to ice-sheet expansion during Marine Isotope Stage 5. New water table markers of the last 60,000 years further support increased pluvial conditions during Heinrich events.Kathleen A. Wendt was supported by the Heising-Simons Foundation-116.28336.416Austrian Science Fundhttps://doi.org/10.13039/501100002428P26305Condensation-corrosion speleogenesis above a carbonate-saturated aquifer: Devils Hole Ridge, NevadaAustrian Science Fundhttps://doi.org/10.13039/501100002428P32751A 800,000 year-long record of paleoclimate from Devils HoleNational Science Foundationhttps://doi.org/10.13039/1000000012202913Testing Interpretations of the Oxygen Isotopic Composition of Asian Cave Calcite at Abrupt, Millennial, and Orbital Timescales