Lets look at the speleothem data plotted in the link you gave. From Wordnik.com. [Sciencemag on House E&C Hearing « Climate Audit] Reference
None of the trends shown in the speleothem directly relate to temperature. From Wordnik.com. [Dongge Cave « Climate Audit] Reference
By Vermont Confidential » Blog Archive » speleothem on Oct 2, 2007 at 7:54 AM. From Wordnik.com. [Dongge Cave « Climate Audit] Reference
Note the speleothem with a tilt to the right, placed in the platform wall by the Maya. From Wordnik.com. [Search for the Maya Underworld - Day Seven] Reference
Other good proxies might be palaeoprecipitation as recorded in speleothem fluid inclusions and groundwater. From Wordnik.com. [Jean S on Rutherford et al 2005 « Climate Audit] Reference
In reading about the IO, I noticed this abstract and the following quote, concerning analysis of an IO speleothem. From Wordnik.com. [Road Map #3 « Climate Audit] Reference
Suppose a speleothem or other proxy was found to perfectly reproduce the external temperature then you would need no other. From Wordnik.com. [Your Comments on Juckes Omnibus « Climate Audit] Reference
Dongge Cave is a very long speleothem in southeast China, which is held to provide evidence on changes in the Asian monsoon. From Wordnik.com. [Dongge Cave « Climate Audit] Reference
Finally, kinetic effects may dominate during speleothem precipitation with rapid degassing of CO2 from drip water in a cave. From Wordnik.com. [Potential Academic Misconduct by the Euro Team « Climate Audit] Reference
However, the LGM transition to higher dO18 values is dated about 2000 years earlier for Dongge Cave than for Oman speleothem S3. From Wordnik.com. [Dongge Cave « Climate Audit] Reference
This type of speleothem modification by the Maya is prevalent in the other caves in the area, including Actun Chapat and Actun Halal. From Wordnik.com. [Search for the Maya Underworld - Day Three] Reference
Obviously the speleothem data from Oman and Dongge shows that the Holocene Optimum was very marked in these areas and not just the NH extratropics. From Wordnik.com. [Dongge Cave « Climate Audit] Reference
Dennis, Rowe and Atkinson, 2001, Geochimica Cosmochimica Acta, also know and am working with the authors of this paper on other speleothem projects. From Wordnik.com. [Sciencemag on House E&C Hearing « Climate Audit] Reference
The longer Dongge speleothem D4 shows the decrease in dO18 values as you go back to the LGM, which is very marked in this series as well as the Oman speleothem. From Wordnik.com. [Dongge Cave « Climate Audit] Reference
One of the interesting aspects of the platform architecture was the inclusion of a large speleothem -- most likely a stalagmite -- in the center of the platform (see left). From Wordnik.com. [Search for the Maya Underworld - Day Seven] Reference
A speleothem that has been intermittently submerged in a cave on the island of Mallorca was dated to show that, historically, sea level was more than a meter above its present height. From Wordnik.com. [About: Blinded by Science] Reference
Cave 13B is occupied by people by 180,000, is sealed by a dune at about 130,000, reopens and occupied by people from 120-90,000, sealed again with speleothem formation from 90-40,000, and then reopened. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2007-10-01] Reference
Because the speleothem record and prior faunal response imply that local conditions should have been favorable for megafauna until at least 30 ka, climate change is unlikely to have been the principal cause of the extinctions. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2007-01-01] Reference
The next graphic compares the Dongge DA speleothem shown above to the Dongge D4 speleothem, which goes back to the LGM and to another Arabian Sea G bulloides series 723A which, unlike RC2730, goes back to the Holocene Optimum. From Wordnik.com. [Dongge Cave « Climate Audit] Reference
Using speleothem encrustations from coastal caves on the island of Mallorca, we determined that western Mediterranean relative sea level was ~1 meter above modern sea level ~81,000 years ago during marine isotope stage (MIS) 5a. From Wordnik.com. [About: Blinded by Science] Reference
Crevice Cave is partially closed by the same dune at 130 000, and then corked by 90 000, with significant speleothem formation from 90-40,000, the latter of which provides a detailed isotopic record of climatic and environmental change. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2007-10-01] Reference
(This is the speleothem series that we looked at in some detail a month ago, but that's just a coincidence.). From Wordnik.com. [Climate Audit] Reference
First, the speleothem approach we employed is novel and extremely precise compared to other methods of sea-level reconstruction. From Wordnik.com. [PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories] Reference
"A caver explores speleothem encrustations, a type of mineral deposit, in a coastal cave on the Mediterranean island of Mallorca.". From Wordnik.com. [Newswise: Latest News] Reference
In fact, the speleothem record backs findings from Caribbean islands as well as the U.S. east and west coasts that sea level was at least as high 81,000 years ago, and probably higher. From Wordnik.com. [ Global Warming RSS Newsfeed] Reference
Three of four emulations match very closely: the oddball is the Scotland speleothem, where, as noted before, Trouet has almost certainly used the detrended version, said by Andy Baker to be an incorrect version. From Wordnik.com. [Climate Audit] Reference
I’ve not previously looked at the Dongge Cave speleothem. From Wordnik.com. [Dongge Cave « Climate Audit] Reference
All in all, the speleothem data certainly doesn’t support the claim that the term is “obsolete”. From Wordnik.com. [Dongge Cave « Climate Audit] Reference
The speleothem temperature history inferred for the last 2000 years compared with known Åhistoric’ events. From Wordnik.com. [More on Moberg « Climate Audit] Reference
Kim Cobb has also just reported a new speleothem in Borneo, somewhat the same part of the world, which I’ll try to look at soon. From Wordnik.com. [Dongge Cave « Climate Audit] Reference
We’ve made some progress with cave deposits by analysing the ‘fossil’ drip water compositions trapped in inclusions in the speleothem material. From Wordnik.com. [Four Hunnnnnn-dred Years « Climate Audit] Reference
I’m not saying that this shows that temperatures have decreased; or that this somehow invalidates the perception that these speleothem dO18 values show changes from the LGM to the Holocene Optimum and back again. From Wordnik.com. [Dongge Cave « Climate Audit] Reference
First, the speleothem approach we employed is novel and extremely precise compared to other methods of sea-level reconstruction, "said Dorale. From Wordnik.com. [dailyindia.com News Feed] Reference
Data collected on speleothem encrustations. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific Blogging] Reference
I’ve used Mangini’s speleothem data. From Wordnik.com. [Making Apple Pie Instead of Cherry Pie « Climate Audit] Reference
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