Elevated and variable values of 13C in speleothems in a British cave system

Chemical Geology

Volumn 136, Issue 3-4, 1997, Pages 263-270

  Baker, Andy ^a   Ito, Emi ^b   Smart, Peter L ^c   McEwan, Reed F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Isotopes; Palaeovegetation; Quaternary; Speleothems

Indexed keywords

CARBON-13; CAVE; DEGASSING; FRACTIONATION; KARST; RESIDENCE TIME; SPELEOTHEM;

UK, ENGLAND, NORTH YORKSHIRE, STUMP CROSS CAVERNS;

EID: 0030800929     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-2541(96)00129-5     Document Type: Article

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