Variations in the discharge and organic matter content of stalagmite drip waters in Lower Cave, Bristol

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 11, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 1541-1555

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Karst hydrology; Luminescence; Palaeoclimates; Stalagmite

Indexed keywords

LAMIINAE;

AQUIFERS; CAVES; DISCHARGE (FLUID MECHANICS); LUMINESCENCE; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL);

DRIP WATERS; KARST HYDROLOGY; PALAEOCLIMATES; STALAGMITE;

HYDROLOGY;

DISCHARGE; DRIP WATER; KARST; LUMINESCENCE; ORGANIC MATTER; PRECIPITATION; STALAGMITE;

UK, ENGLAND, AVON, BRISTOL, LOWER CAVE;

EID: 0031229497     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1085(199709)11:11<1541::AID-HYP484>3.0.CO;2-Z     Document Type: Article

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