A reconnaissance on the use of the speleothems in Korean limestone caves to retrospective study on the regional climate change for the recent and geologic past

Geosciences Journal

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 243-247

  Woo, Kyung Sik ^a   Hong, Gi Hoon ^b   Choi, Don Won ^a   Jo, Kyung Nam ^a   Baskaran, Mark ^c   Lee, Hyun Mi ^b  

^a Kangwon National University   (South Korea)

^b Korea Research Institute of Ships and Ocean Engineering   (South Korea)

^c WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Atmospheric CO2; Excess 210Pb; Limestone cave; Proxy; Soda straw; Stalactite; Stalagmite

Indexed keywords

EID: 27944444076     PISSN: 12264806     EISSN: 15987477     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02910584     Document Type: Article

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