During cold climate periods, relatively less winter contribution to the cave drip water will result in relatively higher d18O values and vice versa.  Depleted/enriched oxygen isotopesisotopes are interpreted mainly to indicate relatively more/less winter precipitation and higher/lower summer evaporation reflecting warmer/colder conditions.

Three Hendy tests were carried out, i.e. at 10mm (AD 70), 20mm (837 BC) and 33mm (1453 BC), based on 7, 7 and 5 samples, respectively. The variations of d18O along individual growth layers, expressed in Δd18O, are 0.31, 0.74 and 0.18%, respectively. The correlation between oxygen and carbon in one of the three layers, at 200 mm, is high, R=0.9 (P<0.01) indicating that kinetic effects may have occurred. The other two test did not show fractionation.

average time resolution from 22 years at the top to 5 years at the base.

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