Stable Isotope Records and Mg/Ca Ratios of the RAT Speleothem from Menorca Island (387–209 ka)

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This dataset comprises speleothem carbon and oxygen isotope records, Mg/Ca ratios results from the RAT speleothem. The data were used to reconstruct past climate variability in the western Mediterranean region over the interval 387 to 209 ka, encompassing several glacial terminations (TIV, TIII, and TIIIa). The speleothem was collected in winter 2011 from Murada Cave, located on Menorca Island (39°57′58″N; 3°57′53″E). Stable isotope analyses (δ¹³C and δ¹⁸O) were performed with 50 µg of carbonate powder using isotope ratio mass spectrometry (IRMS), and Mg/Ca ratios were measured by inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS) at the Scientific and Technological Centres of the University of Barcelona. Analytical uncertainties were ≤ 0.04‰ VPDB for δ¹³C and ≤ 0.08‰ VPDB for δ¹⁸O, NBS19 international standard (Coplen, 1996) was used for calibration.

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DOI https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.986464
Related Identifier References https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-21-465-2025
Related Identifier References https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.986506
Related Identifier References https://doi.org/10.1016/0016-7037(96)00263-3
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Creator Torner, Judit; Cacho, Isabel ORCID logo; Stoll, Heather M ORCID logo; Moreno, Ana (ORCID: 0000-0001-7357-584X); Grimalt, Joan O ORCID logo; Sierro, Francisco Javier (ORCID: 0000-0002-8647-456X); Fornós, Joan J ORCID logo; Cheng, Hai ORCID logo; Edwards, R Lawrence ORCID logo
Publisher PANGAEA
Publication Year 2025
Funding Reference Agencia Estatal de Investigación https://doi.org/10.13039/501100011033 Crossref Funder ID CTM2013-48639-C2-1-R OPERA - Forzamiento oceánico en la variabilidad de precipitaciones sobre Iberia y respuesta de ecosistemas marinos al CO2 antropogénico; Agencia Estatal de Investigación https://doi.org/10.13039/501100011033 Crossref Funder ID PID2022-138010OB-I00 MORIA - Extensión e impacto de las aguas mediterráneas en el Atlántico Norte: variabilidad presente y pasada usando isótopos de neodimio
Rights Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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Resource Type Dataset
Format text/tab-separated-values
Size 2821 data points
Discipline Earth System Research
Spatial Coverage (3.951 LON, 39.951 LAT); Murada Cave, Menorca, Spain