Seasonal isotopic imprint in moonmilk from Caverne de l'Ours (Quebec, Canada): Implications for climatic reconstruction

Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 41, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 1411-1423

  Lacelle, Denis ^a   Lauriol, Bernard ^a   Clark, Ian D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; CALCITE; CAVES; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATOLOGY; EARTH SCIENCES; ISOTOPES; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); WATER;

BEDROCK DISSOLUTION; BEDROCKS; PALEOCLIMATIC RECONSTRUCTIONS; REPRECIPITATION;

DEPOSITS;

CALCITE; CAVE DEPOSIT; PROXY CLIMATE RECORD; SECONDARY MINERAL;

CANADA; CAVERNE DE L'OURS; NORTH AMERICA; QUEBEC [CANADA]; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 14344254222     PISSN: 00084077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/E04-080     Document Type: Article

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