Cryogenic cave calcite from several Central European caves: Age, carbon and oxygen isotopes and a genetic model

Chemical Geology

Volumn 206, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 119-136

  Žák, Karel ^a   Urban, Jan ^b   Cílek, Václav ^c   Hercman, Helena ^d  

^a CZECH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (Czech Republic)

^b INSTITUTE OF NATURE CONSERVATION   (Poland)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^d INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Poland)

Author keywords

Cryogenic calcite; Karst; Periglacial zone; Secondary cave carbonate; Weichselian glaciation

Indexed keywords

CALCITE; CALCIUM CARBONATE; CAVE; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; KARST; PERIGLACIAL ENVIRONMENT; WEICHSELIAN;

CENTRAL EUROPE; CZECH REPUBLIC; EURASIA; EUROPE; POLAND; SLOVAKIA;

EID: 2142663098     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2004.01.012     Document Type: Article

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