Publications

2020

Bajo, P., Drysdale, R.N., Woodhead, J.D., Hellstrom, J.C., Hodell, D., Ferretti, P., Voelker, A.H.L., Zanchetta, G., Rodrigues, T., Wolff, E., Tyler, J., Frisia, S., Spötl, C., Fallick, A.E., 2020. Persistent influence of obliquity on ice age terminations since the Middle Pleistocene transition. Science 367, 1235–1239. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aaw1114

Bini, Monica, Zanchetta, G., Drysdale, R.N., Giaccio, B., Stocchi, P., Vacchi, M., Hellstrom, J.C., Couchoud, I., Monaco, L., Ratti, A., Martini, F., Sarti, L., 2020. An end to the Last Interglacial highstand before 120 ka: Relative sea-level evidence from Infreschi Cave (Southern Italy). Quat. Sci. Rev. 250, 106658. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2020.106658

Bini, M., Zanchetta, G., Regattieri, E., Isola, I., Drysdale, R.N., Fabiani, F., Genovesi, S., Hellstrom, J.C., 2020. Hydrological changes during the Roman Climatic Optimum in northern Tuscany (Central Italy) as evidenced by speleothem records and archaeological data. J. Quat. Sci. 35, 791–802.

Castillo-Oliver, M., Giuliani, A., Griffin, W.L., O’Reilly, S.Y., Drysdale, R.N., Abersteiner, A., Thomassot, E., Li, X.-H., 2020. New constraints on the source, composition, and post-emplacement modification of kimberlites from in situ C–O–Sr-isotope analyses of carbonates from the Benfontein sills (South Africa). Contrib. Mineral. Petrol. 175, 33.

Columbu, A., Chiarini, V., Spötl, C., Benazzi, S., Hellstrom, J., Cheng, H., De Waele, J., 2020. Speleothem record attests to stable environmental conditions during Neanderthal–modern human turnover in southern Italy. Nat. Ecol. Evol. 4, 1188–1195. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-020-1243-1

Corrick, E.C., Drysdale, R.N., Hellstrom, J.C., Capron, E., Rasmussen, S.O., Zhang, X., Fleitmann, D., Couchoud, I., Wolff, E., 2020. Synchronous timing of abrupt climate changes during the last glacial period. Science 369, 963–969. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aay5538

Drysdale, R.N., Couchoud, I., Zanchetta, G., Isola, I., Regattieri, E., Hellstrom, J., Govin, A., Tzedakis, P.C., Ireland, T., Corrick, E., Greig, A., Wong, H., Piccini, L., Holden, P., Woodhead, J., 2020. Magnesium in subaqueous speleothems as a potential palaeotemperature proxy. Nat. Commun. 11, 5027. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-18083-7

Engel, J., Maas, R., Woodhead, J., Tympel, J., Greig, A., 2020. A single-column extraction chemistry for isotope dilution U--Pb dating of carbonate. Chem. Geol. 531, 119311. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemgeo.2019.119311

Engel, J., Woodhead, J., Hellstrom, J., White, S., White, N., Green, H., 2020. Using speleothems to constrain late Cenozoic uplift rates in karst terranes. Geology 48, 755–760. https://doi.org/10.1130/G47466.1

Hellstrom, J., Sniderman, K., Drysdale, R., Couchoud, I., Hartland, A., Pearson, A., Bajo, P., 2020. Speleothem growth intervals reflect New Zealand montane vegetation response to temperature change over the last glacial cycle. Sci. Rep. 10, 2492. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-58317-8

Herries, A.I.R., Martin, J.M., Leece, A.B., Adams, J.W., Boschian, G., Joannes-Boyau, R., Edwards, T.R., Mallett, T., Massey, J., Murszewski, A., Neubauer, S., Pickering, R., Strait, D.S., Armstrong, B.J., Baker, S., Caruana, M.V., Denham, T., Hellstrom, J., Moggi-Cecchi, J., Mokobane, S., Penzo-Kajewski, P., Rovinsky, D.S., Schwartz, G.T., Stammers, R.C., Wilson, C., Woodhead, J., Menter, C., 2020. Contemporaneity of Australopithecus, Paranthropus, and early Homo erectus in South Africa. Science 368, eaaw7293. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aaw7293

Matley, K.A., Sniderman, J.K., Drinnan, A.N., Hellstrom, J.C., 2020. Late-Holocene environmental change on the Nullarbor Plain, southwest Australia, based on speleothem pollen records. The Holocene 30, 672–681. https://doi.org/10.1177/0959683619895589

Nava-Fernandez, C., Hartland, A., Gázquez, F., Kwiecien, O., Marwan, N., Fox, B., Hellstrom, J., Pearson, A., Ward, B., French, A., Hodell, D.A., Immenhauser, A., Breitenbach, S.F.M., 2020. Pacific climate reflected in Waipuna Cave drip water hydrochemistry. Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci. 24, 3361–3380. https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-24-3361-2020

Nicholson, S.L., Pike, A.W.G., Hosfield, R., Roberts, N., Sahy, D., Woodhead, J., Cheng, H., Edwards, R.L., Affolter, S., Leuenberger, M., Burns, S.J., Matter, A., Fleitmann, D., 2020. Pluvial periods in Southern Arabia over the last 1.1 million-years. Quat. Sci. Rev. 229, 106112. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2019.106112

Powell, R., Green, E.C.R., Marillo Sialer, E., Woodhead, J., 2020. Robust isochron calculation. Geochronology 2, 325–342. https://doi.org/10.5194/gchron-2-325-2020

Stephenson, B., David, B., Fresløv, J., Arnold, L.J., Delannoy, J.-J., Petchey, F., Urwin, C., Wong, V.N.L., Fullagar, R., Green, H., Mialanes, J., McDowell, M., Wood, R., Hellstrom, J., 2020. 2000 Year-old Bogong moth (Agrotis infusa) Aboriginal food remains, Australia. Sci. Rep. 10, 22151. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-79307-w

Weij, R., Woodhead, J., Hellstrom, J., Sniderman, K., 2020. An exploration of the utility of speleothem age distributions for palaeoclimate assessment. Quat. Geochronol. 60, 101112. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quageo.2020.101112

2019

Bini, M., Zanchetta, G., Perşoiu, A., Cartier, R., Català, A., Cacho, I., Dean, J.R., Di Rita, F., Drysdale, R.N., Finnè, M., Isola, I., Jalali, B., Lirer, F., Magri, D., Masi, A., Marks, L., Mercuri, A.M., Peyron, O., Sadori, L., Sicre, M.-A., Welc, F., Zielhofer, C., Brisset, E., 2019. The 4.2 ka BP Event in the Mediterranean region: an overview. Clim. Past 15, 555–577. https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-15-555-2019

Columbu, A., Drysdale, R., Hellstrom, J., Woodhead, J., Cheng, H., Hua, Q., Zhao, J., Montagna, P., Pons-Branchu, E., Edwards, R.L., 2019a. U-Th and radiocarbon dating of calcite speleothems from gypsum caves (Emilia Romagna, North Italy). Quat. Geochronol. 52, 51–62.

Columbu, A., Drysdale, R., Hellstrom, J., Woodhead, J., Cheng, H., Hua, Q., Zhao, J., Montagna, P., Pons-Branchu, E., Edwards, R.L., 2019. U-Th and radiocarbon dating of calcite speleothems from gypsum caves (Emilia Romagna, North Italy). Quat. Geochronol. 52, 51–62. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quageo.2019.04.002

Daëron, M., Drysdale, R.N., Peral, M., Huyghe, D., Blamart, D., Coplen, T.B., Lartaud, F., Zanchetta, G., 2019. Most Earth-surface calcites precipitate out of isotopic equilibrium. Nat. Commun. 10, 429. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-08336-5

Drysdale, R.N., Zanchetta, G., Baneschi, I., Guidi, M., Isola, I., Couchoud, I., Piccini, L., Greig, A., Wong, H., Woodhead, J.D., Regattieri, E., Corrick, E., Paul, B., Spötl, C., Denson, E., Gordon, J., Jaillet, S., Dux, F., Hellstrom, J.C., 2019. Partitioning of Mg, Sr, Ba and U into a subaqueous calcite speleothem. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 264, 67–91. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gca.2019.08.001

Engel, J., Woodhead, J., Hellstrom, J., Maas, R., Drysdale, R., Ford, D., 2019. Corrections for initial isotopic disequilibrium in the speleothem U-Pb dating method. Quat. Geochronol. 54, 101009. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quageo.2019.101009

Isola, I., Ribolini, A., Zanchetta, G., Bini, M., Regattieri, E., Drysdale, R.N., Hellstrom, J.C., Bajo, P., Montagna, P., Pons-Branchu, E., 2019. Speleothem U/Th age constraints for the Last Glacial conditions in the Apuan Alps, northwestern Italy. Palaeogeogr. Palaeoclimatol. Palaeoecol. 518, 62–71. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.palaeo.2019.01.001

Isola, Ilaria, Zanchetta, G., Drysdale, R.N., Regattieri, E., Bini, M., Bajo, P., Hellstrom, J.C., Baneschi, I., Lionello, P., Woodhead, J., Greig, A., 2019. The 4.2 ka event in the central Mediterranean: new data from a Corchia speleothem (Apuan Alps, central Italy). Clim. Past 15, 135–151. https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-15-135-2019

Krause, C.E., Gagan, M.K., Dunbar, G.B., Hantoro, W.S., Hellstrom, J.C., Cheng, H., Edwards, R.L., Suwargadi, B.W., Abram, N.J., Rifai, H., 2019. Spatio-temporal evolution of Australasian monsoon hydroclimate over the last 40,000 years. Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 513, 103–112. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2019.01.045

Martín-García, R., Alonso-Zarza, A.M., Frisia, S., Rodríguez-Berriguete, Á., Drysdale, R., Hellstrom, J., 2019. Effect of aragonite to calcite transformation on the geochemistry and dating accuracy of speleothems. An example from Castañar Cave, Spain. Sediment. Geol. 383, 41–54. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sedgeo.2019.01.014

Menviel, L., Capron, E., Govin, A., Dutton, A., Tarasov, L., Abe-Ouchi, A., Drysdale, R.N., Gibbard, P.L., Gregoire, L., He, F., Ivanovic, R.F., Kageyama, M., Kawamura, K., Landais, A., Otto-Bliesner, B.L., Oyabu, I., Tzedakis, P.C., Wolff, E., Zhang, X., 2019. The penultimate deglaciation: protocol for Paleoclimate Modelling Intercomparison Project (PMIP) phase 4 transient numerical simulations between 140 and 127 ka, version 1.0. Geosci. Model Dev. 12, 3649–3685. https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-12-3649-2019

Regattieri, E., Zanchetta, G., Isola, I., Zanella, E., Drysdale, R.N., Hellstrom, J.C., Zerboni, A., Dallai, L., Tema, E., Lanci, L., 2019. Holocene Critical Zone dynamics in an Alpine catchment inferred from a speleothem multiproxy record: disentangling climate and human influences. Sci. Rep. 9, 17829.

Sherwood, J.E., Bowler, J.M., Carey, S.P., Hellstrom, J., McNiven, I.J., Murray-Wallace, C.V., Prescott, J.R., Questiaux, D.G., Spooner, N.A., Williams, F.M., Woodhead, J.D., 2019. The Moyjil site, south-west Victoria, Australia: chronology. Proc. R. Soc. Vic. 130, 32–49. https://doi.org/10.1071/RS18005

Sniderman, J. M.K., Brown, J.R., Woodhead, J.D., King, A.D., Gillett, N.P., Tokarska, K.B., Lorbacher, K., Hellstrom, J., Drysdale, R.N., Meinshausen, M., 2019. Southern Hemisphere subtropical drying as a transient response to warming. Nat. Clim. Change 9, 232–236. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41558-019-0397-9

Sniderman, J.M.K., Hellstrom, J., Woodhead, J.D., Drysdale, R.N., Bajo, P., Archer, M., Hatcher, L., 2019. Vegetation and Climate Change in Southwestern Australia During the Last Glacial Maximum. Geophys. Res. Lett. 46, 1709–1720. https://doi.org/10.1029/2018GL080832

Vanghi, V., Borsato, A., Frisia, S., Howard, D.L., Gloy, G., Hellstrom, J., Bajo, P., 2019. High-resolution synchrotron X-ray fluorescence investigation of calcite coralloid speleothems: Elemental incorporation and their potential as environmental archives. Sedimentology 66, 2661–2685. https://doi.org/10.1111/sed.12607

Woodhead, J.D., Sniderman, J.M.K., Hellstrom, J., Drysdale, R.N., Maas, R., White, N., White, S., Devine, P., 2019. The antiquity of Nullarbor speleothems and implications for karst palaeoclimate archives. Sci. Rep. 1–8. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-37097-2

2018

Drost, K., Chew, D., Petrus, J.A., Scholze, F., Woodhead, J.D., Schneider, J.W., Harper, D.A.T., 2018. An Image Mapping Approach to U-Pb LA-ICP-MS Carbonate Dating and Applications to Direct Dating of Carbonate Sedimentation. Geochem. Geophys. Geosystems 19, 4631–4648. https://doi.org/10.1029/2018GC007850

Frisia, S., Borsato, A., Hellstrom, J., 2018. High spatial resolution investigation of nucleation, growth and early diagenesis in speleothems as exemplar for sedimentary carbonates. Earth-Sci. Rev. 178, 68–91. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.earscirev.2018.01.014

Johnston, V.E., Borsato, A., Frisia, Spötl, C.S., Dublyansky, Y., Töchterle, P.T., Hellstrom, J.C., Bajo, P., Edwards, R.L., Cheng, H., 2018. Evidence of thermophilisation and elevation-dependent warming during the Last Interglacial in the Italian Alps. Sci. Rep. 1–11. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-21027-3

Parés, J.M., Álvarez, C., Sier, M., Moreno, D., Duval, M., Woodhead, J.D., Ortega, A.I., Campaña, I., Rosell, J., Bermúdez de Castro, J.M., Carbonell, E., 2018. Chronology of the cave interior sediments at Gran Dolina archaeological site, Atapuerca (Spain). Quat. Sci. Rev. 186, 1–16. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2018.02.004

Pickering, R., Herries, A.I.R., Woodhead, J.D., Hellstrom, J.C., Green, H.E., Paul, B., Ritzman, T., Strait, D.S., Schoville, B.J., Hancox, P.J., 2018. U–Pb-dated flowstones restrict South African early hominin record to dry climate phases. Nature 1–10. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-018-0711-0

Regattieri, E., Zanchetta, G., Isola, I., Bajo, P., Perchiazzi, N., Drysdale, R.N., Boschi, C., Hellstrom, J.C., Francke, A., Wagner, B., 2018. A MIS 9/MIS 8 speleothem record of hydrological variability from Macedonia (F.Y.R.O.M.). Glob. Planet. Change 162, 39–52. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gloplacha.2018.01.003

Tzedakis, P.C., Drysdale, R.N., Margari, V., Skinner, L.C., Menviel, L., Rhodes, R.H., Taschetto, A.S., Hodell, D.A., Crowhurst, S.J., Hellstrom, J.C., Fallick, A.E., Grimalt, J.O., McManus, J.F., Martrat, B., Mokeddem, Z., Parrenin, F., Regattieri, E., Roe, K., Zanchetta, G., 2018. Enhanced climate instability in the North Atlantic and southern Europe during the Last Interglacial. Nat. Commun. 9, 1383–14. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-06683-3

Vanghi, V., Borsato, A., Frisia, S., Drysdale, R., Hellstrom, J., Bajo, P., 2018. Climate variability on the Adriatic seaboard during the last glacial inception and MIS 5c from Frasassi Cave stalagmite record. Quat. Sci. Rev. 201, 349–361. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2018.10.023

Wurtzel, J.B., Abram, N.J., Lewis, S.C., Bajo, P., Hellstrom, J.C., Troitzsch, U., Heslop, D., 2018. Tropical Indo-Pacific hydroclimate response to North Atlantic forcing during the last deglaciation as recorded by a speleothem from Sumatra, Indonesia. Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 492, 264–278. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2018.04.001

Zanella, E., Tema, E., Lanci, L., Regattieri, E., Isola, I., Hellstrom, J.C., Costa, E., Zanchetta, G., Drysdale, R.N., Magrì, F., 2018. A 10,000 yr record of high-resolution Paleosecular Variation from a flowstone of Rio Martino Cave, Northwestern Alps, Italy. Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 485, 32–42. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2017.12.047

2017

Bajo, P., Borsato, A., Drysdale, R., Hua, Q., Frisia, S., Zanchetta, G., Hellstrom, J., Woodhead, J., 2017. Stalagmite carbon isotopes and dead carbon proportion (DCP) in a near-closed-system situation: An interplay between sulphuric and carbonic acid dissolution. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 210, 208–227. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gca.2017.04.038

Belli, R., Borsato, A., Frisia, S., Drysdale, R., Maas, R., Greig, A., 2017. Investigating the hydrological significance of stalagmite geochemistry (Mg, Sr) using Sr isotope and particulate element records across the Late Glacial-to-Holocene transition. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 199, 247–263. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gca.2016.10.024

Blyth, A.J., Hua, Q., Smith, A., Frisia, S., Borsato, A., Hellstrom, J., 2017. Exploring the dating of “dirty” speleothems and cave sinters using radiocarbon dating of preserved organic matter. Quat. Geochronol. 39, 92–98. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quageo.2017.02.002

Chiarini, V., Couchoud, I., Drysdale, R., Bajo, P., Milanolo, S., Frisia, S., Greig, A., Hellstrom, J., De Waele, J.D., 2017. Petrographical and geochemical changes in Bosnian stalagmites and their palaeo-environmental significance.

Columbu, A., Chiarini, V., De Waele, J., Drysdale, R., Woodhead, J., Hellstrom, J., Forti, P., 2017. Late quaternary speleogenesis and landscape evolution in the northern Apennine evaporite areas. Earth Surf. Process. Landf. 42, 1447–1459. https://doi.org/10.1002/esp.4099

Columbu, A., Drysdale, R., Capron, E., Woodhead, J., De Waele, J., Sanna, L., Hellstrom, J., Bajo, P., 2017. Early last glacial intra-interstadial climate variability recorded in a Sardinian speleothem. Quat. Sci. Rev. 1–7. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2017.05.007

Dixon, B.C., Tyler, J.J., Lorrey, A.M., Goodwin, I.D., Gergis, J., Drysdale, R.N., 2017. Low-resolution Australasian palaeoclimate records of the last 2000 years. Clim. Past 13, 1403–1433. https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-13-1403-2017

Frisia, S., Weyrich, L.S., Hellstrom, J., Borsato, A., Golledge, N.R., Anesio, A.M., Bajo, P., Drysdale, R.N., Augustinus, P.C., Rivard, C., Cooper, A., 2017. The influence of Antarctic subglacial volcanism on the global iron cycle during the Last Glacial Maximum. Nat. Commun. 8, 15425. https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms15425

MacDougall, M.J., Tabor, N.J., Woodhead, J., Daoust, A.R., Reisz, R.R., 2017. The unique preservational environment of the Early Permian (Cisuralian) fossiliferous cave deposits of the Richards Spur locality, Oklahoma. Palaeogeogr. Palaeoclimatol. Palaeoecol. 475, 1–11. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.palaeo.2017.02.019

Michel, V., Shen, C.-C., Woodhead, J., Hu, H.-M., Wu, C.-C., Moullé, P.-É., Khatib, S., Cauche, D., Moncel, M.-H., Valensi, P., Chou, Y.-M., Gallet, S., Echassoux, A., Orange, F., de Lumley, H., 2017. New dating evidence of the early presence of hominins in Southern Europe. Sci. Rep. 7, 10074. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-10178-4

Nagra, G., Treble, P.C., Andersen, M.S., Bajo, P., Hellstrom, J., Baker, A., 2017. Dating stalagmites in mediterranean climates using annual trace element cycles. Sci. Rep. 7, 621. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-00474-4

Regattieri, E., Giaccio, B., Nomade, S., Francke, A., Vogel, H., Drysdale, R.N., Perchiazzi, N., Wagner, B., Gemelli, M., Mazzini, I., Boschi, C., Galli, P., Peronace, E., 2017. A Last Interglacial record of environmental changes from the Sulmona Basin (central Italy). Palaeogeogr. Palaeoclimatol. Palaeoecol. 472, 51–66. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.palaeo.2017.02.013

Treble, P.C., Baker, A., Ayliffe, L.K., Cohen, T.J., Hellstrom, J.C., Gagan, M.K., Frisia, S., Drysdale, R.N., Griffiths, A.D., Borsato, A., 2017. Hydroclimate of the Last Glacial Maximum and deglaciation in southern Australia’s arid margin interpreted from speleothem records (23–15 ka). Clim. Past 13, 667–687. https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-13-667-2017

2016

Bajo, P., Hellstrom, J., Frisia, S., Drysdale, R., Black, J., Woodhead, J., Borsato, A., Zanchetta, G., Wallace, M.W., Regattieri, E., Haese, R., 2016. “Cryptic” diagenesis and its implications for speleothem geochronologies. Quat. Sci. Rev. 148, 17–28. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2016.06.020

Oerter, E.J., Sharp, W.D., Oster, J.L., Ebeling, A., Valley, J.W., Kozdon, R., Orland, I.J., Hellstrom, J., Woodhead, J.D., Hergt, J.M., 2016. Pedothem carbonates reveal anomalous North American atmospheric circulation 70,000–55,000 years ago. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. 113, 919–924.

Regattieri, E., Zanchetta, G., Drysdale, R.N., Isola, I., Woodhead, J.D., Hellstrom, J.C., Giaccio, B., Greig, A., Baneschi, I., Dotsika, E., 2016. Environmental variability between the penultimate deglaciation and the mid Eemian: Insights from Tana che Urla (central Italy) speleothem trace element record. Quat. Sci. Rev. 152, 80–92. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2016.09.027

Sniderman, J.M.K., Woodhead, J.D., Hellstrom, J., Jordan, G.J., Drysdale, R.N., Tyler, J.J., Porch, N., 2016. Pliocene reversal of late Neogene aridification. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. 113, 1999–2004. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1520188113

Woodhead, J., Hand, S.J., Archer, M., Graham, I., Sniderman, K., Arena, D.A., Black, K.H., Godthelp, H., Creaser, P., Price, E., 2016. Developing a radiometrically-dated chronologic sequence for Neogene biotic change in Australia, from the Riversleigh World Heritage Area of Queensland. Gondwana Res. 29, 153–167. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gr.2014.10.004

Zanchetta, G., Regattieri, E., Isola, I., Drysdale, R.N., Baneschi, I., Hellstrom, J.C., 2016. The so-called “4.2 event” in the central Mediterranean and its climatic teleconnections. Alp. Mediterr. Quat. 29, 5–17.

2015

Baker, A., Hellstrom, J., Kelly, B.F.J., Mariethoz, G., Trouet, V., 2015. A composite annual-resolution stalagmite record of North Atlantic climate over the last three millennia. Nat. Publ. Group 5, 10307. https://doi.org/10.1038/srep10307

Bartolomé, M., Moreno, A., Sancho, C., Stoll, H.M., Cacho, I., Spötl, C., Belmonte, Á., Edwards, R.L., Cheng, H., Hellstrom, J.C., 2015. Hydrological change in Southern Europe responding to increasing North Atlantic overturning during Greenland Stadial 1. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. 112, 6568–6572. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1503990112

Columbu, A., De Waele, J., Forti, P., Montagna, P., Picotti, V., Pons-Branchu, E., Hellstrom, J., Bajo, P., Drysdale, R., 2015. Gypsum caves as indicators of climate-driven river incision and aggradation in a rapidly uplifting region. Geology 43, 539–542. https://doi.org/10.1130/G36595.1

Gagan, M.K., Ayliffe, L.K., Smith, G.K., Hellstrom, J.C., Scott-Gagan, H., Drysdale, R.N., Anderson, N., Suwargadi, B.W., Aplin, K.P., Zhao, J., Groves, C.W., Hantoro, W.S., Djubiantono, T., 2015. Geoarchaeological finds below Liang Bua (Flores, Indonesia): A split-level cave system for Homo floresiensis? Palaeogeogr. Palaeoclimatol. Palaeoecol. 440, 533–550. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.palaeo.2015.09.021

Giaccio, B., Regattieri, E., Zanchetta, G., Nomade, S., Renne, P.R., Sprain, C.J., Drysdale, R.N., Tzedakis, P.C., Messina, P., Scardia, G., 2015. Duration and dynamics of the best orbital analogue to the present interglacial. Geology 43, 603–606.

Green, H., Pickering, R., Drysdale, R., Johnson, B.C., Hellstrom, J., Wallace, M., 2015. Evidence for global teleconnections in a late Pleistocene speleothem record of water balance and vegetation change at Sudwala Cave, South Africa. Quat. Sci. Rev. 110, 114–130. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2014.11.016

Hellstrom, J., Pickering, R., 2015. Recent advances and future prospects of the U-Th and U-Pb chronometers applicable to archaeology. J. Archaeol. Sci. 56, 32–40. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jas.2015.02.032

Regattieri, E., Giaccio, B., Zanchetta, G., Drysdale, R.N., Galli, P., Nomade, S., Peronace, E., Wulf, S., 2015. Hydrological variability over the Apennines during the Early Last Glacial precession minimum, as revealed by a stable isotope record from Sulmona basin, Central Italy. J. Quat. Sci. 30, 19–31. https://doi.org/10.1002/jqs.2755

Regattieri, E., Isola, I., Zanchetta, G., Drysdale, R.N., Hellstrom, J.C., 2015. Stable isotopic record from 160 to 121 ka from Tana Che Urla Cave (Apuan Alps, central Italy). BLACK SEAMEDITERRANEAN Environ. 15.

Regattieri, E., Zanchetta, G., Drysdale, R.N., Isola, I., Hellstrom, J.C., Dallai, L., 2014. Late glacial to Holocene trace element record (Ba, Mg, Sr) from Corchia Cave (Apuan Alps, central Italy): paleoenvironmental implications. J. Quat. Sci. 29, 381–392. https://doi.org/10.1002/jqs.2712

Regattieri, Eleonora, Zanchetta, G., Drysdale, R.N., Isola, I., Hellstrom, J.C., Roncioni, A., 2014. A continuous stable isotope record from the penultimate glacial maximum to the Last Interglacial (159–121 ka) from Tana Che Urla Cave (Apuan Alps, central Italy). Quat. Res. 82, 450–461. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.yqres.2014.05.005

Webb, M., Dredge, J., Barker, P.A., Müller, W., Jex, C., Desmarchelier, J., Hellstrom, J., Wynn, P.M., 2014. Quaternary climatic instability in south-east Australia from a multi-proxy speleothem record. J. Quat. Sci. 29, 589–596. https://doi.org/10.1002/jqs.2734

Zanchetta, G., Bar-Matthews, M., Drysdale, R.N., Lionello, P., Ayalon, A., Hellstrom, J.C., Isola, I., Regattieri, E., 2014. Coeval dry events in the central and eastern Mediterranean basin at 5.2 and 5.6ka recorded in Corchia (Italy) and Soreq caves (Israel) speleothems. Glob. Planet. Change 122, 130–139. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gloplacha.2014.07.013

2014

Regattieri, E., Zanchetta, G., Drysdale, R.N., Isola, I., Hellstrom, J.C., Dallai, L., 2014. Late glacial to Holocene trace element record (Ba, Mg, Sr) from Corchia Cave (Apuan Alps, central Italy): paleoenvironmental implications. J. Quat. Sci. 29, 381–392. https://doi.org/10.1002/jqs.2712

Regattieri, Eleonora, Zanchetta, G., Drysdale, R.N., Isola, I., Hellstrom, J.C., Roncioni, A., 2014. A continuous stable isotope record from the penultimate glacial maximum to the Last Interglacial (159–121 ka) from Tana Che Urla Cave (Apuan Alps, central Italy). Quat. Res. 82, 450–461. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.yqres.2014.05.005

Webb, M., Dredge, J., Barker, P.A., Müller, W., Jex, C., Desmarchelier, J., Hellstrom, J., Wynn, P.M., 2014. Quaternary climatic instability in south-east Australia from a multi-proxy speleothem record. J. Quat. Sci. 29, 589–596. https://doi.org/10.1002/jqs.2734

Zanchetta, G., Bar-Matthews, M., Drysdale, R.N., Lionello, P., Ayalon, A., Hellstrom, J.C., Isola, I., Regattieri, E., 2014. Coeval dry events in the central and eastern Mediterranean basin at 5.2 and 5.6ka recorded in Corchia (Italy) and Soreq caves (Israel) speleothems. Glob. Planet. Change 122, 130–139. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gloplacha.2014.07.013

2013

Ayliffe, L.K., Gagan, M.K., Zhao, J., Drysdale, R.N., Hellstrom, J.C., Hantoro, W.S., Griffiths, M.L., Scott-Gagan, H., Pierre, E.S., Cowley, J.A., Suwargadi, B.W., 2013. Rapid interhemispheric climate links via the Australasian monsoon during the last deglaciation. Nat. Commun. 4. https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms3908

Belli, R., Frisia, S., Borsato, A., Drysdale, R., Hellstrom, J., Zhao,, J., Spötl, C., 2013. Regional climate variability and ecosystem responses to the last deglaciation in the northern hemisphere from stable isotope data and calcite fabrics in two northern Adriatic stalagmites. Quat. Sci. Rev. 72, 146–158. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2013.04.014

Cheng, H., Lawrence Edwards, R., Shen, C.-C., Polyak, V.J., Asmerom, Y., Woodhead, J., Hellstrom, J., Wang, Y., Kong, X., Spötl, C., Wang, X., Calvin Alexander, E., 2013. Improvements in 230Th dating, 230Th and 234U half-life values, and U--Th isotopic measurements by multi-collector inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry. Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 371–372, 82–91. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2013.04.006

Griffiths, Michael L, Drysdale, R.N., Gagan, M.K., Hellstrom, J.C., Couchoud, I., Ayliffe, L.K., Vonhof, H.B., Hantoro, W.S., 2013. Australasian monsoon response to Dansgaard–Oeschger event 21 and teleconnections to higher latitudes. Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 369–370, 294–304. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2013.03.030

Griffiths, Michael L., Drysdale, R.N., Gagan, M.K., Zhao, J., Hellstrom, J.C., Ayliffe, L.K., Hantoro, W.S., 2013. Abrupt increase in east Indonesian rainfall from flooding of the Sunda Shelf ∼9500 years ago. Quat. Sci. Rev., Linking Southern Hemisphere records and past circulation patterns: the AUS-INTIMATE project 74, 273–279. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2012.07.006

McDowell, M.C., Bestland, E.A., Bertuch, F., Ayliffe, L.K., Hellstrom, J.C., Jacobsen, G.E., Prideaux, G.J., 2013. Chronology, stratigraphy and palaeoenvironmental interpretation of a L ate P leistocene to mid‐H olocene cave accumulation on K angaroo I sland, S outh A ustralia. Boreas 42, 974–994.

Paul, B., Drysdale, R., Green, H., Woodhead, J., Hellstrom, J., Eberhard, R., 2013. A model for the formation of layered soda-straw stalactites. Int. J. Speleol. 42. http://dx.doi.org/10.5038/1827-806X.42.2.8

Pickering, R., Jacobs, Z., Herries, A.I.R., Karkanas, P., Bar-Matthews, M., Woodhead, J.D., Kappen, P., Fisher, E., Marean, C.W., 2013. Paleoanthropologically significant South African sea caves dated to 1.1–1.0 million years using a combination of U–Pb, TT-OSL and palaeomagnetism. Quat. Sci. Rev. 65, 39–52. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2012.12.016

2012

Bajo, P., Drysdale, R., Woodhead, J., Hellstrom, J., Zanchetta, G., 2012. High-resolution U--Pb dating of an Early Pleistocene stalagmite from Corchia Cave (central italy). Quat. Geochronol. 14, 5–17. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quageo.2012.10.005

Drysdale, R.N., Paul, B.T., Hellstrom, J.C., Couchoud, I., Greig, A., Bajo, P., Zanchetta, G., Isola, I., Spötl, C., Baneschi, I., Regattieri, E., Woodhead, J.D., 2012. Precise microsampling of poorly laminated speleothems for U-series dating. Quat. Geochronol. 14, 38–47. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quageo.2012.06.009

Frisia, S., Borsato, A., Drysdale, R.N., Paul, B., Greig, A., Cotte, M., 2012. A re-evaluation of the palaeoclimatic significance of phosphorus variability in speleothems revealed by high-resolution synchrotron micro XRF mapping. Clim. Past 8, 2039–2051. https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-8-2039-2012

Griffiths, M.L., Fohlmeister, J., Drysdale, R.N., Hua, Q., Johnson, K.R., Hellstrom, J.C., Gagan, M.K., Zhao, J.X., 2012. Hydrological control of the dead carbon fraction in a Holocene tropical speleothem. Quat. Geochronol. 14, 81–93. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quageo.2012.04.001

Hellstrom, J., 2012. Absolute Dating of Cave Art. Science 336, 1387–1388. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1224185

Hendy, E.J., Tomiak, P.J., Collins, M.J., Hellstrom, J., Tudhope, A.W., Lough, J.M., Penkman, K.E.H., 2012. Assessing amino acid racemization variability in coral intra-crystalline protein for geochronological applications. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 86, 338–353. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gca.2012.02.020

Hua, Q., McDonald, J., Redwood, D., Drysdale, R., Lee, S., Fallon, S., Hellstrom, J., 2012. Robust chronological reconstruction for young speleothems using radiocarbon. Quat. Geochronol. 14, 67–80. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quageo.2012.04.017

Paul, B., Paton, C., Norris, A., Woodhead, J., Hellstrom, J., Hergt, J., Greig, A., 2012. CellSpace: A module for creating spatially registered laser ablation images within the Iolite freeware environment. J. Anal. At. Spectrom. 27, 700–706. https://doi.org/10.1039/C2JA10383D

Quigley, M.C., Duffy, B., Woodhead, J., Hellstrom, J., Moody, L., Horton, T., Soares, J., Fernandes, L., 2012. U/Pb dating of a terminal Pliocene coral from the Indonesian Seaway. Mar. Geol. 311–314, 57–62. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.margeo.2012.01.004

Scholz, D., Hoffmann, D.L., Hellstrom, J., Bronk Ramsey, C., 2012. A comparison of different methods for speleothem age modelling. Quat. Geochronol. 14, 94–104. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quageo.2012.03.015

Woodhead, J., Hellstrom, J., Pickering, R., Drysdale, R., Paul, B., Bajo, P., 2012. U and Pb variability in older speleothems and strategies for their chronology. Quat. Geochronol. 14, 105–113. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quageo.2012.02.028

Woodhead, J., Pickering, R., 2012. Beyond 500 ka: Progress and prospects in the U--Pb chronology of speleothems, and their application to studies in palaeoclimate, human evolution, biodiversity and tectonics. Chem. Geol. 322–323, 290–299. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemgeo.2012.06.017

2011

Carey, S.P., Camens, A.B., Cupper, M.L., Grün, R., Hellstrom, J.C., McKnight, S.W., Mclennan, I., Pickering, D.A., Trusler, P., Aubert, M., 2011. A diverse Pleistocene marsupial trackway assemblage from the Victorian Volcanic Plains, Australia. Quat. Sci. Rev. 30, 591–610. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2010.11.021

McGregor, H.V., Hellstrom, J., Fink, D., Hua, Q., Woodroffe, C.D., 2011. Rapid U-series dating of young fossil corals by laser ablation MC-ICPMS. Quat. Geochronol. 6, 195–206. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quageo.2010.10.002

Paton, C., Hellstrom, J., Paul, B., Woodhead, J., Hergt, J., 2011. Iolite: Freeware for the visualisation and processing of mass spectrometric data. J. Anal. At. Spectrom. 26, 2508–11. https://doi.org/10.1039/c1ja10172b

Pickering, R., Dirks, P.H.G.M., Jinnah, Z., de Ruiter, D.J., Churchill, S.E., Herries, A.I.R., Woodhead, J.D., Hellstrom, J.C., Berger, L.R., 2011a. Australopithecus sediba at 1.977 Ma and implications for the origins of the genus Homo. Science 333, 1421–1423. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1203697

Pickering, R., Kramers, J.D., Hancox, P.J., de Ruiter, D.J., Woodhead, J.D., 2011. Contemporary flowstone development links early hominin bearing cave deposits in South Africa. Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 306, 23–32. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2011.03.019

Whittaker, T.E., Hendy, C.H., Hellstrom, J.C., 2011. Abrupt millennial-scale changes in intensity of Southern Hemisphere westerly winds during marine isotope stages 2-4. Geology 39, 455–458. https://doi.org/10.1130/G31827.1

Zhornyak, L.V., Zanchetta, G., Drysdale, R.N., Hellstrom, J.C., Isola, I., Regattieri, E., Piccini, L., Baneschi, I., Couchoud, I., 2011. Stratigraphic evidence for a “pluvial phase” between ca 8200–7100 ka from Renella cave (Central Italy). Quat. Sci. Rev. 30, 409–417.

Blyth, A.J., Watson, J.S., Woodhead, J., Hellstrom, J., 2010. Organic compounds preserved in a 2.9million year old stalagmite from the Nullarbor Plain, Australia. Chem. Geol. 279, 101–105. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemgeo.2010.10.006

Griffiths, Michael L, Drysdale, R.N., Gagan, M.K., Frisia, S., Zhao, J., Ayliffe, L.K., Hantoro, W.S., Hellstrom, J.C., Fischer, M.J., Feng, Y.-X., 2010. Evidence for Holocene changes in Australian–Indonesian monsoon rainfall from stalagmite trace element and stable isotope ratios. Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 292, 27–38. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2010.01.002

Griffiths, M.L., Drysdale, R.N., Vonhof, H.B., Gagan, M.K., Zhao, J., Ayliffe, L.K., Hantoro, W.S., Hellstrom, J.C., Cartwright, I., Frisia, S., Suwargadi, B.W., 2010. Younger Dryas–Holocene temperature and rainfall history of southern Indonesia from δ18O in speleothem calcite and fluid inclusions. Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 295, 30–36. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2010.03.018

Paton, C., Woodhead, J.D., Hellstrom, J.C., Hergt, J.M., Greig, A., Maas, R., 2010. Improved laser ablation U-Pb zircon geochronology through robust downhole fractionation correction. Geochem. Geophys. Geosystems 11. https://doi.org/10.1029/2009GC002618

Prideaux, G.J., Gully, G.A., Couzens, A.M.C., Ayliffe, L.K., Jankowski, N.R., Jacobs, Z., Roberts, R.G., Hellstrom, J.C., Gagan, M.K., Hatcher, L.M., 2010. Timing and dynamics of Late Pleistocene mammal extinctions in southwestern Australia. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. 107, 22157–22162. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1011073107

Quigley, M.C., Horton, T., Hellstrom, J.C., Cupper, M.L., Sandiford, M., 2010. Holocene climate change in arid Australia from speleothem and alluvial records. The Holocene 20, 1093–1104.

Woodhead, J., Reisz, R., Fox, D., Drysdale, R., Hellstrom, J., Maas, R., Cheng, H., Edwards, R.L., 2010. Speleothem climate records from deep time? Exploring the potential with an example from the Permian. Geology 38, 455–458. https://doi.org/10.1130/G30354.1

Drysdale, R.N., Hellstrom, J.C., Zanchetta, G., Fallick, A.E., Goñi, M.F.S., Couchoud, I., McDonald, J., Maas, R., Lohmann, G., Isola, I., 2009. Evidence for obliquity forcing of glacial termination II. Science 325, 1527–1531. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1170371

Griffiths, M.L., Drysdale, R.N., Gagan, M.K., Zhao, J. -x, Ayliffe, L.K., Hellstrom, J.C., Hantoro, W.S., Frisia, S., Feng, Y. -x, Cartwright, I., 2009. Increasing Australian–Indonesian monsoon rainfall linked to early Holocene sea-level rise. Nat. Geosci. 2, 636–639.

Piccini, L., Zanchetta, G., Drysdale, R.N., Hellstrom, J., Isola, I., Fallick, A.E., Leone, G., Doveri, M., Mussi, M., Mantelli, F., Molli, G., Lotti, L., Roncioni, A., Regattieri, E., Meccheri, M., Vaselli, L., 2008. The environmental features of the Monte Corchia cave system (Apuan Alps, central Italy) and their effects on speleothem growth. Int. J. Speleol. 37, 153–172. https://doi.org/10.5038/1827-806X.37.3.2

van Breukelen, M.R., Vonhof, H.B., Hellstrom, J.C., Wester, W.C.G., Kroon, D., 2008. Fossil dripwater in stalagmites reveals Holocene temperature and rainfall variation in Amazonia. Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 275, 54–60. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2008.07.060

Woodhead, J., Hellstrom, J., Paton, C., Hergt, J., Greig, A., Maas, R., 2008. Chapter 9: A guide to depth profiling and imaging applications of LA-ICP-MS, in: Sylvester, P. (Ed.), Laser Ablation ICP-MS in the Earth Sciences: Current Practices and Outstanding Issues. Mineralogical Association of Canada, p. 0. https://doi.org/10.3749/9780921294801.ch09

Drysdale, R.N., Zanchetta, G., Hellstrom, J.C., Fallick, A.E., McDonald, J., Cartwright, I., 2007. Stalagmite evidence for the precise timing of North Atlantic cold events during the early last glacial. Geology 35, 77–4. https://doi.org/10.1130/G23161A.1

Goodwin, I.D., Hellstrom, J., 2007. Glacio-lacustrine aragonite deposition, meltwater evolution and glacial history during isotope stage 3 at Radok Lake, Amery Oasis, northern Prince Charles Mountains, East Antarctica. Antarct. Sci. 19, 365–372.

Prideaux, G.J., Long, J.A., Ayliffe, L.K., Hellstrom, J.C., Pillans, B., Boles, W.E., Hutchinson, M.N., Roberts, R.G., Cupper, M.L., Arnold, L.J., Devine, P.D., Warburton, N.M., 2007. An arid-adapted middle Pleistocene vertebrate fauna from south-central Australia. Nature 445, 422–425. https://doi.org/10.1038/nature05471

Prideaux, G.J., Roberts, R.G., Megirian, D., Westaway, K.E., Hellstrom, J.C., Olley, J.M., 2007. Mammalian responses to Pleistocene climate change in southeastern Australia. Geology 35, 33–36. https://doi.org/10.1130/G23070A.1

Woodhead, J.D., Hellstrom, J., Hergt, J.M., Greig, A., Maas, R., 2007. Isotopic and Elemental Imaging of Geological Materials by Laser Ablation Inductively Coupled Plasma-Mass Spectrometry. Geostand. Geoanalytical Res. 31, 331–343. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1751-908X.2007.00104.

Zanchetta, G., Drysdale, R.N., Hellstrom, J.C., Fallick, A.E., Isola, I., Gagan, M.K., Pareschi, M.T., 2007. Enhanced rainfall in the Western Mediterranean during deposition of sapropel S1: stalagmite evidence from Corchia cave (Central Italy). Quat. Sci. Rev. 26, 279–286. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2006.12.003

Desmarchelier, J.M., Hellstrom, J.C., McCulloch, M.T., 2006. Rapid trace element analysis of speleothems by ELA-ICP-MS. Chem. Geol. 231, 102–117. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemgeo.2006.01.002

Drysdale, R., Zanchetta, G., Hellstrom, J.C., Maas, R., Fallick, A., Pickett, M., Cartwright, I., Piccini, L., 2006. Late Holocene drought responsible for the collapse of Old World civilizations is recorded in an Italian cave flowstone. Geology 34, 101–104. https://doi.org/10.1130/G22103.1

Genty, D., Blamart, D., Ghaleb, B., Plagnes, V., Causse, C., Bakalowicz, M., Zouari, K., Chkir, N., Hellstrom, J., Wainer, K., 2006. Timing and dynamics of the last deglaciation from European and North African δ13C stalagmite profiles—comparison with Chinese and South Hemisphere stalagmites. Quat. Sci. Rev. 25, 2118–2142. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2006.01.030

Hellstrom, J.C., 2006. U–Th dating of speleothems with high initial 230Th using stratigraphical constraint. Quat. Geochronol. 1, 289–295. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quageo.2007.01.004

Woodhead, J.D., Hellstrom, J.C., Maas, R., Drysdale, R., Zanchetta, G., Devine, P., Taylor, E., 2006. U–Pb geochronology of speleothems by MC-ICPMS. Quat. Geochronol. 1, 208–221. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quageo.2006.08.002

Drysdale, R.N., Zanchetta, G., Hellstrom, J.C., Fallick, A.E., Zhao, J., 2005. Stalagmite evidence for the onset of the Last Interglacial in southern Europe at 129 ±1 ka. Geophys. Res. Lett. 32, L24708. https://doi.org/10.1029/2005GL024658