Causes of colour and fluorescent in speleothems

Chemical Geology

Volumn 175, Issue 3-4, 2001, Pages 319-341

  Van Beynen, Philip ^a   Bourbonniere, Rick ^b   Ford, Derek ^a   Schwarcz, Henry ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Caves; Fluorescence; Fulvic acids; Humic acids; Speleothems

Indexed keywords

CAVE; COLOR; FLUORESCENCE; HUMIC ACID; KARST; SPELEOTHEM;

EID: 0034999568     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-2541(00)00343-0     Document Type: Article

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