Steidle Simon Dominik simonsteidlescience@gmail.com 0000-0002-3391-1463 University of Innsbruck https://ror.org/054pv6659 Dublyansky Yuri yuri.dublyansky@uibk.ac.at https://quaternary.uibk.ac.at/ 0000-0003-1433-9999 University of Innsbruck https://ror.org/054pv6659 Roman Marco marco.roman@unive.it Ca' Foscari University of Venice https://www.unive.it/ https://ror.org/04yzxz566 Moseley Gina Elaine Gina.Moseley@uibk.ac.at 0000-0002-5618-5759 University of Innsbruck https://ror.org/054pv6659 Wendt Kathleen A kathleen.wendt@oregonstate.edu Oregon State University https://ror.org/00ysfqy60 Edwards R Lawrence edwar001@umn.edu 0000-0002-7027-5881 University of Minnesota Spötl Christoph christoph.spoetl@uibk.ac.at 0000-0001-7167-4940 University of Innsbruck https://ror.org/054pv6659 2026 Th-U ages over the last 112,000 years from Devils Hole calcite (NV, USA) for palaeo water table reconstruction dataset https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.988350 2026-01-09T16:11:32 U-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. Steidle Simon Dominik simonsteidlescience@gmail.com 0000-0002-3391-1463 Dublyansky Yuri yuri.dublyansky@uibk.ac.at https://quaternary.uibk.ac.at/ 0000-0003-1433-9999 Roman Marco marco.roman@unive.it Moseley Gina Elaine Gina.Moseley@uibk.ac.at 0000-0002-5618-5759 Wendt Kathleen A kathleen.wendt@oregonstate.edu Edwards R Lawrence edwar001@umn.edu 0000-0002-7027-5881 Spötl Christoph christoph.spoetl@uibk.ac.at 0000-0001-7167-4940 2026 Timing and amplitude of hydroclimate changes during the last glacial cycle in southwestern North America journal article Quaternary Science Reviews 377 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2026.109865 109865 Steidle Simon Dominik simonsteidlescience@gmail.com 0000-0002-3391-1463 Wendt Kathleen A kathleen.wendt@oregonstate.edu Dublyansky Yuri yuri.dublyansky@uibk.ac.at https://quaternary.uibk.ac.at/ 0000-0003-1433-9999 Edwards R Lawrence edwar001@umn.edu 0000-0002-7027-5881 Li Xianglei 0000-0002-8464-9020 McClure Gracelyn mgracie.3927@comcast.net Moseley Gina Elaine Gina.Moseley@uibk.ac.at 0000-0002-5618-5759 Spötl Christoph christoph.spoetl@uibk.ac.at 0000-0001-7167-4940 2024 Moisture availability and groundwater recharge paced by orbital forcing over the past 750,000 years in the southwestern USA journal article Communications Earth & Environment 5(1) https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-024-01550-0 376 -116.283 -116.283 36.416 36.416 -116.283 36.416 2023-02-11T14:00:00 2023-02-11T14:00:00 722.2 728.9 Austrian Science Fund FWF https://www.fwf.ac.at/ https://doi.org/10.13039/501100002428 P26305 Condensation-corrosion speleogenesis above a carbonate-saturated aquifer: Devils Hole Ridge, Nevada doi:10.55776/P26305 Austrian Science Fund FWF https://www.fwf.ac.at/ https://doi.org/10.13039/501100002428 P32751 A 800,000 year-long record of paleoclimate from Devils Hole doi:10.55776/P32751 National Science Foundation NSF https://doi.org/10.13039/100000001 2202913 Testing Interpretations of the Oxygen Isotopic Composition of Asian Cave Calcite at Abrupt, Millennial, and Orbital Timescales https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/show-award/?AWD_ID=2202913 DevilsHole_F 36.416 -116.283 722.2 2023-02-11T14:00:00 Speleothem sample SPS Elevation (in m; relative to modern day water table): 3.2 DevilsHole_H 36.416 -116.283 728.9 2023-02-11T14:00:00 Speleothem sample SPS Elevation (in m; relative to modern day water table): 9.9 DevilsHole_I 36.416 -116.283 727.3 2023-02-11T14:00:00 Speleothem sample SPS Elevation (in m; relative to modern day water table): 8.3 DevilsHole_I-bis 36.416 -116.283 727.3 2023-02-11T14:00:00 Speleothem sample SPS Elevation (in m; relative to modern day water table): 8.3 DevilsHole_J 36.416 -116.283 724.6 2023-02-11T14:00:00 Speleothem sample SPS Elevation (in m; relative to modern day water table): 5.6 DevilsHole_N 36.416 -116.283 725.8 2023-02-11T14:00:00 Speleothem sample SPS Elevation (in m; relative to modern day water table): 6.8 DevilsHole_S 36.416 -116.283 725.8 2023-02-11T14:00:00 Speleothem sample SPS Elevation (in m; relative to modern day water table): 6.8 DevilsHole_T 36.416 -116.283 722.2 2023-02-11T14:00:00 Speleothem sample SPS Elevation (in m; relative to modern day water table): 3.2 DevilsHole_U 36.416 -116.283 724.6 2023-02-11T14:00:00 Speleothem sample SPS Elevation (in m; relative to modern day water table): 5.6 1070 CC-BY-4.0 Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Kathleen A. Wendt was supported by the Heising-Simons Foundation Event label Event Steidle Simon Dominik simonsteidlescience@gmail.com 0000-0002-3391-1463 core Event (core) Sample code/label Sample label Steidle Simon Dominik simonsteidlescience@gmail.com 0000-0002-3391-1463 Unique sample name Sample label (Unique sample name) Comment Comment Steidle Simon Dominik simonsteidlescience@gmail.com 0000-0002-3391-1463 note Comment (note) ELEVATION Elevation m a.s.l. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elevation elevation http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/PATO_0001687 Length L http://dbpedia.org/resource/Length Steidle Simon Dominik simonsteidlescience@gmail.com 0000-0002-3391-1463 Elevation [m a.s.l.] DISTANCE Distance cm distance http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/PATO_0000040 Length L http://dbpedia.org/resource/Length Steidle Simon Dominik simonsteidlescience@gmail.com 0000-0002-3391-1463 Position of the sample within the core from the top Distance [cm] (Position of the sample within...) Uranium-238 238U µg/kg Steidle Simon Dominik simonsteidlescience@gmail.com 0000-0002-3391-1463 ppb 238U [µg/kg] (ppb) Uranium-238, uncertainty 238U unc ± uranium-238 238U https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isotopes_of_uranium Steidle Simon Dominik simonsteidlescience@gmail.com 0000-0002-3391-1463 238U unc [±] Thorium-232 232Th ng/kg Steidle Simon Dominik simonsteidlescience@gmail.com 0000-0002-3391-1463 ppt 232Th [ng/kg] (ppt) Thorium-232, uncertainty 232Th unc ± thorium-232 232Th https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isotopes_of_thorium Steidle Simon Dominik simonsteidlescience@gmail.com 0000-0002-3391-1463 232Th unc [±] Thorium-230/Thorium-232 atomic ratio 230Th/232Th atom thorium-230 230Th https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isotopes_of_thorium#Thorium-230 ratio Steidle Simon Dominik simonsteidlescience@gmail.com 0000-0002-3391-1463 230Th/232Th atom Thorium-230/Thorium-232 atomic ratio, uncertainty 230Th/232Th atom unc ± thorium-230 230Th https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isotopes_of_thorium#Thorium-230 ratio Steidle Simon Dominik simonsteidlescience@gmail.com 0000-0002-3391-1463 230Th/232Th atom unc [±] δ234 Uranium δ234U ‰ Measured Steidle Simon Dominik simonsteidlescience@gmail.com 0000-0002-3391-1463 δ234U [‰] (Measured) δ234 Uranium, uncertainty δ234U unc ± Measured Steidle Simon Dominik simonsteidlescience@gmail.com 0000-0002-3391-1463 δ234U unc [±] (Measured) Thorium-230/Uranium-238 activity ratio (230Th/238U) thorium-230 230Th https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isotopes_of_thorium#Thorium-230 ratio Steidle Simon Dominik simonsteidlescience@gmail.com 0000-0002-3391-1463 (230Th/238U) Thorium-230/Uranium-238 activity ratio, uncertainty (230Th/238U) unc ± thorium-230 230Th https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isotopes_of_thorium#Thorium-230 ratio Steidle Simon Dominik simonsteidlescience@gmail.com 0000-0002-3391-1463 (230Th/238U) unc [±] Age, dated Age dated ka age http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/PATO_0000011 Time T http://dbpedia.org/resource/Time Age, 230Th/U, not corrected for detrital 230Th Steidle Simon Dominik simonsteidlescience@gmail.com 0000-0002-3391-1463 Age dated [ka] (Age, 230Th/U, not corrected f...) Age, dated, uncertainty Age dated unc ± age http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/PATO_0000011 Age, 230Th/U, not corrected for detrital 230Th Steidle Simon Dominik simonsteidlescience@gmail.com 0000-0002-3391-1463 Age dated unc [±] (Age, 230Th/U, not corrected f...) Age, dated Age dated ka age http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/PATO_0000011 Time T http://dbpedia.org/resource/Time Age, 230Th/U, not corrected for detrital 230Th Steidle Simon Dominik simonsteidlescience@gmail.com 0000-0002-3391-1463 Age dated [ka] (Age, 230Th/U, not corrected f...) Age, dated, uncertainty Age dated unc ± age http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/PATO_0000011 Age, 230Th/U, not corrected for detrital 230Th Steidle Simon Dominik simonsteidlescience@gmail.com 0000-0002-3391-1463 Age dated unc [±] (Age, 230Th/U, not corrected f...) δ234 Uranium (0) δ234U (0) ‰ Corrected Steidle Simon Dominik simonsteidlescience@gmail.com 0000-0002-3391-1463 δ234U (0) [‰] (Corrected) δ234 Uranium (0), uncertainty δ234U (0) unc ± Corrected Steidle Simon Dominik simonsteidlescience@gmail.com 0000-0002-3391-1463 δ234U (0) unc [±] (Corrected) Calendar age Cal age ka BP Time T http://dbpedia.org/resource/Time Age, 230Th/U, corrected for detrital 230Th Steidle Simon Dominik simonsteidlescience@gmail.com 0000-0002-3391-1463 before the year 1950 CE Cal age [ka BP] (before the year 1950 CE, Age,...) Calendar age, uncertainty Cal age unc ± Age, 230Th/U, corrected for detrital 230Th Steidle Simon Dominik simonsteidlescience@gmail.com 0000-0002-3391-1463 before the year 1950 CE Cal age unc [±] (before the year 1950 CE, Age,...) Type Type type Steidle Simon Dominik simonsteidlescience@gmail.com 0000-0002-3391-1463 marker type; b: Brief rise of the water table; i: increase of WT; d: decrease of WT; x: submergence Type (marker type; b: Brief rise of...) 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