Yuri Dublyansky
Innsbruck Quaternary Research Group
Research Interests
Fluid inclusions and isotope geochemistry (including analyses of stable isotopes of inclusion fluids)
Speleogenesis, particularly hypogene and hydrothermal karst
Palaeohydrogeology, stable isotope palaeohydrogeology, and applications to the geological disposal of nuclear waste
Short CV
2006-present: Two FWF projects taken up at the Institute of Geology of the Innsbruck University. Development of the methods of isotope analyses of waters trapped in fluid inclusions in speleothems and studies of hypogene karst.
2003-2006: Research position at Museo Tridentino di Scienze Naturali (Trento, Italy). The development of new methods and techniques for the palaeo-climatic studies of speleothems.
2001-2003: By request of the Office of Attorney General of State of Nevada, with the group of co-authors from USA, UK and Russia, performed evaluation of the suitability of the U.S. proposed site for geological disposal of nuclear waste at Yucca Mountain, Nevada.
1999-2001: PI of the research project funded by Government of the State of Nevada studying the geological suitability of the proposed high-level nuclear waste disposal site in Nevada. On behalf of the State testified before the Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board and the Advisory Committee on Nuclear Waste of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
1997-1998: Served as an expert to TACIS (a EC program), assessing geological issues of the nuclear waste disposal in the north-western Russia (Novaya Zemlia archipelago).
1994-1998: Consulting the State of Nevada's Nuclear Waste Project Office and the Attorney General Office on the issues of the geological suitability of the proposed high-level nuclear waste repository site at Yucca Mountain. Submitted 19 technical reports.
1993-1994: International Scientific Fellowship Award from NSERC, Canada, taken up at McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada (prof D.C. Ford). Fluid inclusion and stable isotope research on speleothems from different karst areas.
1992-1993: Consulting the Hungarian National Authority for Nature Conservation on fossil hydrothermal karst systems and caves in Budapest and the Transdanubian Range.
Publications
Steidle, S.D., Dublyansky, Y., Roman, M., Moseley, G.E., Wendt, K.E., Edwards, R.L. & Spötl, C. (2026): Timing and amplitude of hydroclimate changes during the last glacial cycle in southwestern North America. – Quaternary Science Reviews, 109865, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2026.109865
Wendt, K.A., Carolin, S., Buizert, C., Steidle, S.D., Edwards, R.L., Moseley, G.E., Dublyansky, Y., Cheng, H., He, C., Warner, M.S.C., Spötl, C. (2025): Controls on the southwest USA hydroclimate over the last six glacial-interglacial cycles. – Nature Communications, 1 6:10007, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-025-64963-1
Chervyatsova, O.Y., Akhmedyanov, R.T., Saifullina, N.M., Kuzmina, L.Y., Kotov, M.V. & Dublyansky, Y.V. (2025): Microclimatic conditions in Shulgan-Tash Cave (Southern Ural, Russia): Implications for the preservation of Eastern Europe’s largest Paleolithic art collection. - International Journal of Speleology, 54, https://doi.org/10.5038/1827-806X.46.2.2063.
Pisani, L., Koltai, G., Dublyansky, Y., Kleine, B.I., Whitehouse, M., Scrzypek, E., Carbone, C., Spötl, C., Antonellini, M., Bezerra, F.H., De Waele, J. (2023): Hydrothermal silicification and hypogene dissolution of an exhumed Neoproterozoic carbonate sequence in Brazil: Insights from fluid inclusion microthermometry and silicon-oxygen isotopes. – Basin Research, 35, 1102-1127.
Bernal-Wormull, J.L., Moreno, A., Dublyansky, Y., Spötl, C., Giménez, R., Pérez-Mejías, C., Bartolomé, M., Arriolabengoa, M., Iriarte, E., Cacho, I., Edwards, R.L., Cheng, H. (2025): Temperature variability in southern Europe over the past 16500 years constrained by speleothem fluid inclusion water isotopes. – Climate of the Past, 21, 1235-1261.
Affek, H.P., Barkan, E., Tal, Y., Steidle, S.D., Wendt, K.A., Spötl, C., Edwards, R.L., Fishman, E. & Dublyansky, Y. (2025): 17Oexcess in Devils Hole calcite: an indicator of equilibrium fractionation and paleo moisture sources. – Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 667, 119528, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2025.119528.
Meckler, A.N., Affolter, S., Dublyansky, Y.V., Krüger, Y., Vogel, N., Bernasconi, S.M., Frenz, M., Kipfer, R., Leuenberger, M., Spötl, C., Carolin, S., Cobb, K.M., Moerman, Adkins, J.F., J., Fleitmann, D. (2015): Glacial-interglacial temperature change in the tropical West Pacific: A comparison of stalagmite-based paleo-thermometers. - Quaternary Science Reviews, 127, 90-116.
Dublyansky, Y., Spötl, C. (2015): Condensation-corrosion speleogenesis above a carbonate-saturated aquifer: Devils Hole Ridge, Nevada. – Geomorphology, 229, 17-29.
Moseley, G.E., Dublyansky, Y.V., Edwards, R.L., Wendt, K.A., Pythoud, M., Zhang, P., Cheng, H., , Lu, Y., Boch, R., Spötl, C. (2016): Response to comments on "Reconciliation of the Devils Hole climate record with orbital forcing". – Science, 354, 296e.
Spötl, C., Desch, A., Dublyansky, Y., Plan, L., Mangini, A. (2016): Hypogene speleogenesis in dolomite host rock by CO2-rich fluids, Kozak Cave (southern Austria). – Geomorphology, 255, 39-48.
Klimchouk, A., Auler, A.A., Bezerra, F.H.R., Cazarin, C.L., Balsamo, F., Dublyansky, Y. (2016): Hypogenic origin, geologic controls and functional organization of a giant cave system in Precambrian carbonates, Brazil. - Geomorphology, 253, 385-405.
Dublyansky, Y., Moseley, G.E., Spötl, C., Liakhnitsky, Y., Cheng, H., Edwards, R.L. (2016): Constraining the ages of the late Palaeolithic cave paintings in the Shulgan-Tash Cave, Southern Urals, Russia. – In: Ancient sanctuaries: Archaeology, ritual, mythology. Materials of International Scientific Symposium, Ufa 2015 (Institute for History Publishing House), 120-125.
Fairchild, I.J., Fleming, E.J., Bao, H., Benn, D.I., Boomer, I., Dublyansky, Y.V., Halverson, G.P., Hambrey, M.J., Hendy, C., McMillan, E.A., Spötl, C., Stevenson, C.T.E., Wynn, P.M. (2016): Continental carbonate facies of a Neoproterozoic panglaciation, north-east Svalbard. – Sedimentology, 63, 443-497.
Moseley, G.E., Edwards, R.L., Wendt, K.A., Cheng, H., Dublyansky, Y., Lu, Y., Boch, R., Spötl, C. (2016): Reconciliation of the Devils Hole climate record with orbital forcing. – Science, 351, 165-168.
Dublyansky, Y., Klenke, J., Spötl, C. (2016): Condensation corrosion speleogenesis in the Amargosa Desert and the Tecopa Basin. – in: Proceedings of DEEPKARST 2016: Origins, Resources, and Management of Hypogene Karst(ed. by Chavez, T. & Reehling, P.), 169-176, Carlsbad, New Mexico (National Cave and Karst Research Institute).
Dublyansky, Y., Roncat, A., Spötl, C., Dorninher, P. (2016): Hypogene cave morphology at high resolution: full 3-D survey of Märchenhöhle (Austria). – in: Proceedings of DEEPKARST 2016: Origins, Resources, and Management of Hypogene Karst (ed. by Chavez, T. & Reehling, P.), 183-187, Carlsbad, New Mexico (National Cave and Karst Research Institute).
Töchterle, P., Dublyansky, Y., Stöbener, N., Mandíc, M., Spötl, C. (2017): High resolution isotopic monitoring of cave air CO2. – Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry, 31, 895-900.
Dublyansky, Y., Michajljow, W., Bolner-Takács, K., Hromas, J., Székely, K., Hevesi, A., Kraus, S. (2017): Hypogene karst in the Tyuya-Muyun and the Kara-Tash Massifs (Kyrgyzstan). – in: Klimchouk, A., Palmer, A.N., De Waele, J., Auler, A.J. & Audra, P. (eds.): Hypogene Karst Regions and Caves of the World, 495-507, New York (Springer).
Klimchouk, A., Amelichev, G., Tymokhina, E., Dublyansky, Y. (2017): Hypogene speleogenesis in the Crimean Piedmont, the Crimea Peninsula. – in: Klimchouk, A., Palmer, A.N., De Waele, J., Auler, A.J. & Audra, P. (eds.): Hypogene Karst Regions and Caves of the World, 407-430, New York (Springer).
Dublyansky, Y., Klenke, J., Spötl, C. (2017): Condensation corrosion speleogenesis in the Amargosa Desert and the Tecopa Basin. – in: Klimchouk, A., Palmer, A.N., De Waele, J., Auler, A.J. & Audra, P. (eds.): Hypogene Karst Regions and Caves of the World, 565-573, New York (Springer).
Spötl, C., Plan, L., Dublyansky, Y. (2017): Hypogene karst in Austria. – in: Klimchouk, A., Palmer, A.N., De Waele, J., Auler, A.J. & Audra, P. (eds.): Hypogene Karst Regions and Caves of the World, 113-126, New York (Springer).
Žák, K., Onac, B.P., Kadebskaya, O.I., Filippi, M., Dublyansky, Y., Luetscher, M. (2018): Cryogenic mineral formation in caves. – in: Ice caves (Persoiu, A. & Lauritzen, S.-E), 123-162, Amsterdam, Elsevier.
Johnston, V.E., Borsato, A., Frisia, S., Spötl, C., Dublyansky, Y., Töchterle, P., 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. – Scientific Reports (Nature), 8:2680.
Dublyansky, Y., Moseley, G.E., Liakhnitsky, Y., Cheng, H., Edwards, R.L., Scholz, D., Koltai, G. & Spötl, C. (2018): Late Palaeolithic cave art and permafrost in the Southern Ural. – Scientific Reports (Nature), 8:12080.
Dublyansky, Y.V., Klimchouk, A.B. Tokarev, S., Amelichev, G.N., Langhamer, L. & Spötl, C.(2018): Stable isotopic composition of atmospheric precipitation on the Crimean Peninsula and its controlling factors. – Journal of Hydrology, 565, 61-73.
Wendt, K.A., Dublyansky, Y.V., Moseley, G.E., R Edwards, R.L., Cheng, H., Spötl, C. (2018): Moisture availability in the southwest United States over the last three glacial-interglacial cycles. – Science Advances, 4: eaau1375.
Dublyansky, Y., Lyakhnitsky, Y., Spötl, C. (2018): Data on the 14C date obtained from the charcoal figure “Blackfox” in Shulgan-Tash (Kapova) cave, Southern Ural, Russia. – Data in Brief, 21, 1101-1105.
Dublyansky, Y.V., Klimchouk, A.B., Tokarev, S.V., Amelichev, G.N., Spötl, C. (2019): Groundwater of the Crimean peninsula: a first systematic study using stable isotopes. – Isotopes in Environmental and Health Studies, 55, 419-437.
Rogerson, M., Dublyansky, Y., Hoffmann, D.L., Luetscher, M., Töchterle, P.P., Spötl, C. (2019): Enhanced Mediterranean water cycle explains increased humidity during MIS 3 in North Africa. – Climate of the Past, 15, 1757-1769.
Wendt, K.A., Pythoud, M., Moseley, G.E., Dublyansky, Y.V., Edwards, R.L., Spötl, C. (2020): Paleohydrology southwest Nevada (USA) based on groundwater 234U/238U over the past 475,000 k.y. – Geological Society of America Bulletin, 132, 793-802.
Chervyatsova, O.Y., Potapov, S.S., Kuzmina, L.Y., Dublyansky, Y.V., Sadykov, S.A., Kiseleva, D.V., Okuneva, T.G., Dzhabrailov, S.-E.M., Samokhin, G.V. (2020): Sulfuric acid speleogenesis in the North Caucasus: Sharo-Argun valley Caves (Chechen Republic, Russia). - Geomorphology, 369, 107346.
Li, X., Wendt, K.A., Dublyansky, Y., Moseley, G.E., Spötl, C., Edwards, R.L. (2021): Novel method for determining 234U-238U ages of Devils Hole 2 cave calcite. – Geochronology, 3, 49-58.
Dublyansky, Y., Shirokov, V., Moseley, G.E., Kosintsev, P.A., Edwards, L.R., Spötl, C. (2021): 230Th dating of flowstone from Ignatievskaya Cave, Russia: Age constraints of rock art and paleoclimate inferences. – Geoarchaeology, 36, 532-545.
Spötl, C., Dublyansky, Y., Koltai, G., Cheng, H. (2021): Hypogene speleogenesis and paragenesis in the Dolomites. – Geomorphology, 382, 107667.
Spötl, C., Dublyansky, Y., Koltai, G., Honiat, C., Plan, L., Angerer, T. (2021): Stable isotope imprint of hypogene speleogenesis: Lessons from Austrian caves. – Chemical Geology, 572, 120209.
Langhamer, L., Dublyansky, Y., Schneider, C. (2021): Spatial and Temporal Planetary Boundary Layer Moisture-Source Variability of Crimean Peninsula Precipitation. – Earth and Space Science, 8, 8, e2021EA001727.
Deev, E.V., Dublyansky, Y.V., Pozdnyakova, N.I., Scholz, D., Kokh, S.N., Sokol, E.V., Rusanov, G.G. (2021): 230Th/U dating of travertines related to paleoearthquakes in Gorny Altai: First results. - Doklady Earth Sciences, 500, 820-825.
Temovski, L.R., Futó, I., Molnár, K., Túri, M., Demény, A., Otoničar, B,, Dublyansky, Y., Audra, P., Polyak, V., Asmerom, Y., Palcsu, L. (2022): Combined use of conventional and clumped carbonate stable isotopes to identify hydrothermal isotopic alteration in cave walls. - Scientific Reports, 12:9202.
Töchterle, P., Steidle, S.D., Edwards, R.L., Dublyansky, Y., Spötl, C., Li, X., Gunn, J., Moseley, G.E. (2022): 230Th/U isochron dating of cryogenic cave carbonates. – Geochronology, 4, 617-627.
Németh, P., Töchterle, P., Dublyansky, Y., Stalder, R., Molnár, Z., Klébert, S., Spötl, C. (2022): Tracing structural relicts of the ikaite-to-calcite transformation in cryogenic cave glendonite. – American Mineralogist, 107, 1960-1967.
Soleimani, M., Nadimi, A., Koltai, G., Dublyansky, Y., Carolin, S., Spötl, C. (2023): Stalagmite evidence of Last Glacial Maximum to early Holocene climate variability in southwestern Iran. – Journal of Quaternary Science, 38, 308-318.
Jackson, T.R., Steidle, S.D., Wendt, K.A., Dublyansky, Y., Spötl, C. (2023): A 350,000-year history of groundwater recharge in the southern Great Basin, USA. – Communications Earth & Environment, 4:98, https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-023-00762-0.
Honiat, C., Koltai, G., Dublyansky, Y., Edwards, R.L., Zhang, H., Cheng, H., Spötl, C. (2023): A paleoprecipitation and paleotemperature reconstruction of the Last Interglacial in the southeastern Alps. – Climate of the Past, 19, 1177-1199.
Spötl, C., Koltai, G., Dublyansky, Y. (2023): Mode of formation of cryogenic cave carbonates: Experimental evidence from an Alpine ice cave. – Chemical Geology, 638, 121712.
Spötl, C., Dublyansky, Y., Koltai, G., Racine, T., Plan, L. (2023): The Obir caves adjacent to the Periadriatic Fault in southern Austria: Uplifted hypogene caves formed by carbonic acid speleogenesis. – Geomorphology, 441, 108901, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geomorph.2023.108901.
Koltai, G., Kluge, T., Krüger, Y., Spötl, C., Rinyu, L., Audra, P., Honiat, C., Leél-Őssy, S., Dublyansky, Y. (2024): Geothermometry of calcite spar at 10-50°C. – Scientific Reports, 14:1553, https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-024-51937-4.
Wolf, A., Baker, J.L., Tjallingii, R., Cai, Y., Osinzev, A., Antonosyan, M., Amano, N., Johnson, K.R., Skiba, V., McCormack, J., Kwiecien, O., Chervyatsova, O.Y., Dublyansky, Y.V., Dbar, R.S., Cheng, H., Breitenbach, S.F.M. (2024): Western Caucasus regional hydroclimate controlled by cold-season temperature variability since the Last Glacial Maximum. - Communications Earth & Environment, 5:66.
Dublyansky, Y.V., Moseley, G.E., Koltai, G., Töchterle, P., Spötl, C. (2024): Cryogenic cave carbonates. – Encyclopedia of Quaternary Science, Third Edition, vol. 5, 411-421, UK (Elsevier),
Dublyansky, Y., Töchterle, P., Steck, M.M., Sperlich, D.W., Cheng, H., Zhang, H., Smirnov, S., Spötl, C. (2024): Size–shape–stable isotope (C, O) relationships of cryogenic cave carbonates formed in permafrost settings. – Chemical Geology, 661, 122183.
Chervyatsova, O., Potapov, S., Baker, J., Gavryshkin, D., Polyak, V., Heizler, M., Tokarev, S., Sadykov, S., Dbar, R., Dublyansky, Y. (2024): A speleogenetic history of Novoafonskaya Cave in the Western Caucasus. - International Journal of Speleology, 53, 89-110.
Soleimani, M., Baker, J.L., Nadimi, A., Dublyansky, Y., Koltai, G., Spötl, C. (2024): Decoupled hydroclimate of Central and Southwestern Iran controlled by the strength of southerly-westerly jets during Marine Isotope Stage 3. – Geophysical Research Letters, 51, e2024GL109797.
Steidle, S.D., Wendt, K.A., Dublyansky, Y., Edwards, R.L., Li, X., McClure, G., Moseley, G.E., Spötl, C. (2024): Moisture availability and groundwater recharge paced by orbital forcing over the past 750,000 years in the southwestern USA. – Communications Earth & Environment, 5:376, https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-024-01550-0.
Koltai, G., Spötl, C., Rinyu, L., Honiat, C., Racine, T., Zhang, H., Krüger, Y. & Dublyansky, Y. (2024): Late-stage evolution of hypogene caves at Tyuya-Muyun (Kyrgyzstan): Quantitative insights from mineral deposits. – Chemical Geology, 670, 122454.