Calcite fabrics, growth mechanisms, and environments of formation in speleothems from the Italian Alps and Southwestern Ireland

Journal of Sedimentary Research

Volumn 70, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 1183-1196

  Frisia, Silvia ^a   Borsato, Andrea ^a   Fairchild, Ian J ^b   McDermott, Frank ^c  

^a MUSEO TRIDENTINO DI SCIENZE NATURALI   (Italy)

^b KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCITE; CRYSTAL DEFECTS; MICROCRYSTALS;

CALCITE CRYSTALS; DISLOCATION MECHANISMS; EQUILIBRIUM CONDITIONS; GROWTH INHIBITOR; GROWTH MECHANISMS; IRELAND; LOW FLOW; MICRO-STRUCTURAL CHARACTERISTICS;

SUPERSATURATION;

CALCITE; CAVE DEPOSIT; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; PALEOCLIMATE; SPELEOTHEM;

IRELAND; ITALY;

EID: 0039772208     PISSN: 15271404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1306/022900701183     Document Type: Article

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