d18O (SP07ASUS01A): interpretation1_seasonality: 'under present conditions, wet years often have higehr amount of winter rain, but d18O may reflect high summer rain, winter rain, or both' has been replaced by 'deleteMe'
d18O (SP07ASUS01A): interpretation1_variable: 'P' has been replaced by 'precipitation'
d18O (SP07ASUS01A): interpretation2_variable: 'P_isotope' has been replaced by 'precipitationIsotope'

depth (MAT6e567172af): paleoData_longName: '' has been replaced by 'AD'
year (MATb007119637): paleoData_units: 'AD' has been replaced by 'yr AD'
year (MATb007119637): paleoData_longName: '' has been replaced by 'AD'
d18O (SP07ASUS01A): paleoData_longName: '' has been replaced by 'AD'

d18O (SP07ASUS01A): interpretation4_scope: '' has been replaced by 'isotope'

Asmerom, Y., Polyak, V., Burns, S. and Rassmussen, J.: Solar forcing of Holocene climate: New insights from a speleothem record, southwestern United States, Geology, 35(1), 1, doi:10.1130/g22865a.1, 2007.

repetition test comparing d18O and d13C of two speleothems shows similar trends

Finnigan MAT 252 with Kiel III automated carbonate device

LCB: Two stals from the same cave are not cleraly distinguished in the lipdverse. This happens with all names ending 01A 02A 03A, for example

drilling with 0.3 mm bit at 3 mm intervals

d18O values are comparatively stable which is interpreted to reflect stable temperature in the region.

Increase of d13C may generally be associated with increase of the proportion of C4 plants in the vegetation or increase of the contribution of bedrock carbonate to the DIC - both are more likely in drier conditions. Stable d18O values suggest that changes in temperature were minor.

The influence of vegetation changes and changes in the water residence time on d13C of DIC. Drier conditions cause an increase of C4 plants in the vegetation and longer residence times of water in the bedrock (increasing the contribution of bedrock carbonate to DIC). Either one would cause an increase of d13C in the speleothem. Temperature changes may have a similar effect on d13C as would changes  in the rainfall amount but would also affect d18O. Since d18O values are stable a temperature effect therefore can be eliminated.