Speleothem luminescence intensity and spectral characteristics: Signal calibration and a record of palaeovegetation change

Chemical Geology

Volumn 130, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 65-76

  Baker, Andy ^a   Barnes, W L ^a   Smart, Peter L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LUMINESCENCE; ORGANIC ACID; PALAEOENVIRONMENT; SPELEOTHEM;

EID: 0030454563     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0009-2541(96)00003-4     Document Type: Article

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