Controls on trace element (Sr-Mg) compositions of carbonate cave waters: Implications for speleothem climatic records

Chemical Geology

Volumn 166, Issue 3-4, 2000, Pages 255-269

  Fairchild, Ian J ^a   Borsato, Andrea ^b   Tooth, Anna F ^a   Frisia, Silvia ^b   Hawkesworth, Christopher J ^c   Huang, Yiming ^a,c   McDermott, Frank ^d   Spiro, Baruch ^e  

^a KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b MUSEO TRIDENTINO DI SCIENZE NATURALI   (Italy)

^c OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^e NATURAL ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aqueous geochemistry; Karst; Palaeohydrology; Weathering

Indexed keywords

CARBONATE; KARST; PALEOCLIMATE; SPELEOTHEM; WEATHERING;

FRANCE; ITALY;

EID: 0034033282     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-2541(99)00216-8     Document Type: Article

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