Biomass effects on stalagmite growth and isotope ratios: A 20th century analogue from Wiltshire, England

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 240, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 486-494

  Baldini, James U L ^a   McDermott, F ^a   Baker, A ^b   Baldini, L M ^a   Mattey, D P ^c   Railsback, L Bruce ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon isotopes; Fractionation; Growth rate; Oxygen isotopes; Stalagmite; Vegetation

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS EFFECTS; BIOMASS-INDUCED SUMMER EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; CARBON ISOTOPES; DEPOSITION RATES; GROWTH RATE; ISOTOPE RATIOS; OXYGEN ISOTOPES; STALAGMITE;

BIOMASS; CARBON; COMPOSITION EFFECTS; DEPOSITION; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; FRACTIONATION; GEOCHEMISTRY; GROWTH (MATERIALS); ISOTOPES; OXYGEN; VEGETATION;

CALCITE;

CALCITE; DEPOSITION VELOCITY; ISOTOPIC FRACTIONATION; STALAGMITE;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE; WILTSHIRE; WORLD;

EID: 28044436713     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2005.09.022     Document Type: Article

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