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 Trace-elements of stalagmite HS4 in Heshang Cave, Central China dataset https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.992727 2026-03-16T07:04:55 Stalagmite trace-elements data (Mg/Ca, Sr/Ca, Ba/Ca) were used to reconstruct regional hydrological variations 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 second sample was measured for trace-elements. The measurement resolution is 6~7 years. The data was measured using a PerkinElmer NexIon 350D quadrupole Inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometer (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 Ramsey Christopher Bronk christopher.ramsey@arch.ox.ac.uk 0000-0002-8641-9309 2008 Deposition models for chronological records journal article Quaternary Science Reviews 27(1-2) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2007.01.019 42-60 110.4167 110.4167 30.45 30.45 110.4167 30.45 115.33 147.25 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 860 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] Magnesium/Calcium ratio Mg/Ca mmol/mol magnesium calcium Ca https://www.ebi.ac.uk/chebi/searchId.do?chebiId=CHEBI:22984 ratio Inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometer (ICP-MS), Perkin-Elmer, Nexion 350D Liao Jin liaojin_earth@163.com 0000-0002-3385-8199 Mg/Ca [mmol/mol] Strontium/Calcium ratio Sr/Ca mmol/mol strontium calcium Ca https://www.ebi.ac.uk/chebi/searchId.do?chebiId=CHEBI:22984 ratio Inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometer (ICP-MS), Perkin-Elmer, Nexion 350D Liao Jin liaojin_earth@163.com 0000-0002-3385-8199 Sr/Ca [mmol/mol] Barium/Calcium ratio Ba/Ca mmol/mol barium calcium Ca https://www.ebi.ac.uk/chebi/searchId.do?chebiId=CHEBI:22984 ratio Inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometer (ICP-MS), Perkin-Elmer, Nexion 350D Liao Jin liaojin_earth@163.com 0000-0002-3385-8199 Ba/Ca [mmol/mol] CurationLevelC Enhanced curation https://wiki.pangaea.de/wiki/Curation_levels Archaeological cultures Calcium isotopes Central China speleothem trace elements author114960 author114976 author28606 author31951 author35507 author89464 award4850 award4851 curlevel30 event3357773 funder20769 geocode1600 geocode1601 geocode2205 geocode2920 geocode8128 inst20620 inst22629 journal13626 journal17500 license21 method11648 method12640 method18860 method387 method420 param187396 param508750 param8097 param91392 param91393 pi114976 ref138033 ref77303 term1073135 term1073628 term2663825 term38520 term40663 term40665 term40966 term43863 term43975 term47472 term499 term624 term67812 term75180 term77205