Seasonal variations in Sr, Mg and P in modern speleothems (Grotta di Ernesto, Italy)

Chemical Geology

Volumn 175, Issue 3-4, 2001, Pages 429-448

  Huang, Yiming ^a,b   Fairchild, Ian J ^a   Borsato, Andrea ^c   Frisia, Silvia ^c   Cassidy, Nigel J ^a   McDermott, Frank ^d   Hawkesworth, Chris J ^b  

^a KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c MUSEO TRIDENTINO DI SCIENZE NATURALI   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAVE; CLIMATE CHANGE; KARST; MAGNESIUM; PALEOCLIMATE; PHOSPHORUS; SPELEOTHEM; STRONTIUM;

ITALY;

EID: 0035008383     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-2541(00)00337-5     Document Type: Article

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