Cueva de Asiul Cave Climate Monitoring Data from Northern Spain (2010-2014)

High-resolution climate and cave monitoring data from Cueva de Asiul in northern Spain, collected between 2010 and 2014. The dataset includes parameters such as temperature, rainfall, drip rates, and isotope values, analyzed at Lancaster University and the NERC isotope geosciences laboratory. It was produced as part of a NERC-funded PhD project (grant NE/I527953/1) and published in a 2016 paper in the International Journal of Speleology.

Use Cases

• Modeling speleothem growth and chemical composition based on monitored cave temperature and drip rates.
• Reconstructing palaeoclimate signals by analyzing oxygen and deuterium isotope values in drip water.
• Studying cave ventilation processes using soil and cave air pCO2 concentration data.
• Calibrating speleothem proxy records with high-resolution external climate parameters like rainfall amount and direction.

Strengths

• Data covers a multi-year period from 2010 to 2014, providing a temporal baseline.
• Includes a range of high-resolution climatic parameters such as isotope values and pCO2 concentrations.
• Collection and analysis were conducted using standard automated logging systems and at accredited laboratories (Lancaster University, NERC isotope geosciences laboratory).

Limitations

• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• The description notes missing data due to logger malfunction, requiring reference to the cited paper for details.

Provenance

Source

British Geological Survey (BGS), Lancaster University, Matienzo caving expedition.

Collection Method

Data collected using standard automated logging systems at the cave site and within 1km in Matienzo village.

Time Range

2010 to 2014

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-09 08:27:08.535211; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Cueva de Asiul, Cantabria, northern Spain (43°19’0’’N, 3°35’28’’W) and the nearby village of Matienzo.