Carbon and oxygen isotope study of the active water-carbonate system in a karstic Mediterranean cave: Implications for paleoclimate research in semiarid regions

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 337-347

  Bar Matthews, Miryam ^a   Ayalon, Avner ^a   Matthews, Alan ^b   Sass, Eytan ^b   Halicz, Ludwik ^a  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF ISRAEL   (Israel)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; OXYGEN; PALAEOCLIMATE; SPELEOTHEM; WATER/CARBONATE SYSTEM;

ISRAEL, SOREQ CAVE;

EID: 0029732850     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0016-7037(95)00395-9     Document Type: Article

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