Trace element variations in coeval Holocene speleothems from GB Cave, southwest England

Holocene

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 707-713

  Roberts, Mark S ^a,d   Smart, Peter L ^b   Hawkesworth, Chris J ^a   Perkins, William T ^c   Pearce, Nicholas J G ^c  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^c ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d NATURAL ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Caves; Holocene; Inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry; LA ICP MS; Speleothem; TIMS; Trace elements; Uranium series dating

Indexed keywords

HOLOCENE; SPELEOTHEM; TRACE ELEMENT;

ENGLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0032739157     PISSN: 09596836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/095968399672615014     Document Type: Article

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