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A global database of Holocene paleotemperature records

Kaufman, Darrell; McKay, Nicholas; Routson, Cody; Erb, Michael; Davis, Basil; Heiri, Oliver; Jaccard, Samuel; Tierney, Jessica; Dätwyler, Christoph; Axford, Yarrow; Brussel, Thomas; Cartapanis, Olivier; Chase, Brian; Dawson, Andria; de Vernal, Anne; Engels, Stefan; Jonkers, Lukas; Marsicek, Jeremiah; Moffa-Sánchez, Paola; Morrill, Carrie; Orsi, Anais; Rehfeld, Kira; Saunders, Krystyna; Sommer, Philipp S.; Thomas, Elizabeth; Tonello, Marcela; Tóth, Mónika; Vachula, Richard; Andreev, Andrei; Bertrand, Sebastien; Biskaborn, Boris; Bringué, Manuel; Brooks, Stephen; Caniupán, Magaly; Chevalier, Manuel; Cwynar, Les; Emile-Geay, Julien; Fegyveresi, John; Feurdean, Angelica; Finsinger, Walter; Fortin, Marie-Claude; Foster, Louise; Fox, Mathew; Gajewski, Konrad; Grosjean, Martin; Hausmann, Sonja; Heinrichs, Markus; Holmes, Naomi; Ilyashuk, Boris; Ilyashuk, Elena; Juggins, Steve; Khider, Deborah; Koinig, Karin; Langdon, Peter; Larocque-Tobler, Isabelle; Li, Jianyong; Lotter, André; Luoto, Tomi;...

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Authors

Darrell Kaufman

Nicholas McKay

Cody Routson

Michael Erb

Basil Davis

Oliver Heiri

Samuel Jaccard

Jessica Tierney

Christoph Dätwyler

Yarrow Axford

Thomas Brussel

Olivier Cartapanis

Brian Chase

Andria Dawson

Anne de Vernal

Stefan Engels

Lukas Jonkers

Jeremiah Marsicek

Carrie Morrill

Anais Orsi

Kira Rehfeld

Krystyna Saunders

Philipp S. Sommer

Elizabeth Thomas

Marcela Tonello

Mónika Tóth

Richard Vachula

Andrei Andreev

Sebastien Bertrand

Boris Biskaborn

Manuel Bringué

Stephen Brooks

Magaly Caniupán

Manuel Chevalier

Les Cwynar

Julien Emile-Geay

John Fegyveresi

Angelica Feurdean

Walter Finsinger

Marie-Claude Fortin

Louise Foster

Mathew Fox

Konrad Gajewski

Martin Grosjean

Sonja Hausmann

Markus Heinrichs

Naomi Holmes

Boris Ilyashuk

Elena Ilyashuk

Steve Juggins

Deborah Khider

Karin Koinig

Peter Langdon

Isabelle Larocque-Tobler

Jianyong Li

André Lotter

Tomi Luoto

Anson Mackay

Eniko Magyari

Steven Malevich

Bryan Mark

Julieta Massaferro

Vincent Montade

Larisa Nazarova

Elena Novenko

Petr Pařil

Emma Pearson

Matthew Peros

Reinhard Pienitz

Mateusz Płóciennik

David Porinchu

Aaron Potito

Andrew Rees

Scott Reinemann

Stephen Roberts

Nicolas Rolland

Sakari Salonen

Angela Self

Heikki Seppä

Shyhrete Shala

Jeannine-Marie St-Jacques

Barbara Stenni

Liudmila Syrykh

Pol Tarrats

Karen Taylor

Valerie van den Bos

Gaute Velle

Eugene Wahl

Ian Walker

Janet Wilmshurst

Enlou Zhang

Snezhana Zhilich



Abstract

A comprehensive database of paleoclimate records is needed to place recent warming into the longer-term context of natural climate variability. We present a global compilation of quality-controlled, published, temperature-sensitive proxy records extending back 12,000 years through the Holocene. Data were compiled from 679 sites where time series cover at least 4000 years, are resolved at sub-millennial scale (median spacing of 400 years or finer) and have at least one age control point every 3000 years, with cut-off values slackened in data-sparse regions. The data derive from lake sediment (51%), marine sediment (31%), peat (11%), glacier ice (3%), and other natural archives. The database contains 1319 records, including 157 from the Southern Hemisphere. The multi-proxy database comprises paleotemperature time series based on ecological assemblages, as well as biophysical and geochemical indicators that reflect mean annual or seasonal temperatures, as encoded in the database. This database can be used to reconstruct the spatiotemporal evolution of Holocene temperature at global to regional scales, and is publicly available in Linked Paleo Data (LiPD) format.

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Kaufman, D., McKay, N., Routson, C., Erb, M., Davis, B., Heiri, O., …Zhilich, S. (2020). A global database of Holocene paleotemperature records. Scientific Data, 7(1), Article 115. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-020-0445-3

Journal Article Type Article
Acceptance Date Mar 9, 2020
Online Publication Date Apr 14, 2020
Publication Date 2020
Deposit Date Apr 29, 2020
Publicly Available Date Apr 29, 2020
Journal Scientific Data
Publisher Nature Research
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 7
Issue 1
Article Number 115
DOI https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-020-0445-3

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