Liao Jin liaojin_earth@163.com 0000-0002-3385-8199 Wuhan Geological Survey Center Day Christopher chris.day@earth.ox.ac.uk 0000-0001-6875-769X University of Oxford https://ror.org/052gg0110 2026 Calcium isotopes (δ44Ca) of stalagmite HS4 in Heshang Cave, Central China dataset https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.992726 2026-03-16T07:04:56 Stalagmite calcium (d44Ca) isotope data was used to reconstruct regional paleorainfall amount in the Central China between 4.6 kyr BP and 3.5 kyr BP. The stalagmite (HS4) was collected from Heshang Cave in the Middle Yangtze Valley, Central China (30º27′N, 110º25′E, 294 m.a.s.l). HS4 Stalagmite length in this study ranges between 112.63 and 151.03 cm. The working half of HS4 was slabbed. Micro drilling of 343 continuous samples was undertaken by using a New-Wave Micromill. Every eighth sample was measured for d44Ca. The measurement resolution is ~25 years. The data was measured using a Nu Instruments multicollector inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometer (MC-ICP-MS) at the University of Oxford, Department of Earth Sciences in 2016. Liao Jin liaojin_earth@163.com 0000-0002-3385-8199 Day Christopher chris.day@earth.ox.ac.uk 0000-0001-6875-769X Hu Chaoyong Liu Y Henderson Gideon M 0000-0002-6279-7137 2026 Precise chronology of hydrological changes at ∼4.2 kyr in Central China to assess the impact of flooding on Neolithic societies journal article National Science Review 13(2) https://doi.org/10.1093/nsr/nwaf567 nwaf567 Owen R A 0000-0003-4583-794X Day C C Hu C-Y Liu Y-H Pointing M D Blättler Clara L cblattler@uchicago.edu 0000-0003-4843-3625 Henderson G M 0000-0002-6279-7137 2016 Calcium isotopes in caves as a proxy for aridity: Modern calibration and application to the 8.2 kyr event journal article Earth and Planetary Science Letters 443 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2016.03.027 129-138 110.4167 110.4167 30.45 30.45 110.4167 30.45 115.7 147.06 National Natural Science Foundation of China NSFC https://www.nsfc.gov.cn/english/site_1/index.html https://doi.org/10.13039/501100001809 41731177 National Natural Science Foundation of China NSFC https://www.nsfc.gov.cn/english/site_1/index.html https://doi.org/10.13039/501100001809 41902185 Heshang_Cave_HS4 30.45 110.4167 294.0 Yangtze Valley, Central China Speleothem sample SPS 344 CC-BY-4.0 Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Sample number Sample no Liao Jin liaojin_earth@163.com 0000-0002-3385-8199 Sample no AGE Age ka BP http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kyr age http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/PATO_0000011 Time T http://dbpedia.org/resource/Time Age, Uranium-Thorium Liao Jin liaojin_earth@163.com 0000-0002-3385-8199 Measured with: Multicollector inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometer (MC-ICP-MS), Nu Instruments, Plasma Age [ka BP] Age, error Age e ± age http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/PATO_0000011 Age, 14C calibration OxCal (Ramsey, 2008) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2007.01.019 Liao Jin liaojin_earth@163.com 0000-0002-3385-8199 2 standard deviation (2SD), 2 sigma Age e [±] DISTANCE Distance cm distance http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/PATO_0000040 Length L http://dbpedia.org/resource/Length Measured Liao Jin liaojin_earth@163.com 0000-0002-3385-8199 From top of HS4 Distance [cm] δ44/42 Ca δ44/40 Ca ‰ Inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometer (ICP-MS), Attom, Nu Instruments Liao Jin liaojin_earth@163.com 0000-0002-3385-8199 With respect to NIST SRM 915A δ44/40 Ca [‰] δ44/42 Ca, error δ44/40 Ca e ± Calculated, 2 standard deviation 2SD Liao Jin liaojin_earth@163.com 0000-0002-3385-8199 With respect to NIST SRM 915A; 2 sigma δ44/40 Ca e [±] Rayleigh fractional model, crystallization f According to Owen et al. (2016) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2016.03.027 Liao Jin liaojin_earth@163.com 0000-0002-3385-8199 Fraction of dissolved Ca remaining in solution f Rayleigh fractional model, crystallization, error f e ± Calculated, 2 standard deviation 2SD Liao Jin liaojin_earth@163.com 0000-0002-3385-8199 Fraction of dissolved Ca remaining in solution; 2 sigma f e [±] Precipitation, annual total Precip annual tot mm/a Linear Velocity http://dbpedia.org/resource/Velocity According to Owen et al. (2016) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2016.03.027 Liao Jin liaojin_earth@163.com 0000-0002-3385-8199 Derived rainfall calculated by the fraction of dissolved Ca remaining in solution Precip annual tot [mm/a] Precipitation, annual total, error Precip annual total e ± Calculated, 2 standard deviation 2SD Liao Jin liaojin_earth@163.com 0000-0002-3385-8199 Derived rainfall calculated by the fraction of dissolved Ca remaining in solution; 2 sigma Precip annual total e [±] CurationLevelC Enhanced curation https://wiki.pangaea.de/wiki/Curation_levels Archaeological cultures Calcium isotopes Central China speleothem trace elements author114960 author114976 author115712 author115713 author115714 author115715 author115716 author28606 author35507 author42333 author89464 author98139 award4850 award4851 curlevel30 event3357773 funder20769 geocode1600 geocode1601 geocode2205 geocode2920 geocode8128 inst20620 inst22629 journal17500 journal4644 license21 method11648 method14491 method16893 method18860 method18861 method387 method420 param21265 param508750 param555517 param555518 param555519 param555520 param555521 param8097 pi114976 ref138033 ref138255 term1073135 term1073628 term43863 term43876 term43975 term47472 term499 term624 term67812 term75180 term77205