Trace element variation in speleothem aragonite: Potential for palaeoenvironmental reconstruction

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 186, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 255-267

  Finch, Adrian A ^a   Shaw, Paul A ^b   Weedon, Graham P ^b   Holmgren, Karin ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BEDFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^c STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Northern province South Africa; Secondary ion mass spectroscopy; Time series analysis

Indexed keywords

ARAGONITE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PROXY CLIMATE RECORD; SPELEOTHEM; TRACE ELEMENT;

SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 0035049165     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-821X(01)00253-9     Document Type: Article

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