Pleistocene speleothems of Mallorca: Implications for palaeoclimate and carbonate diagenesis in mixing zones

Sedimentology

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 213-236

  Csoma, Anita É ^a,c   Goldstein, Robert H ^a   Pomar, Luis ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITAT DE LES ILLES BALEARS   (Spain)

^c SHELL GLOBAL SOLUTIONS INTERNATIONAL B V   (United States)

Author keywords

Diagenesis; Mixing zone; Palaeo climate; Pleistocene; Speleothems

Indexed keywords

PALEOCLIMATE; PLEISTOCENE; SPELEOTHEM;

BALEARIC ISLANDS; EURASIA; EUROPE; MAJORCA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

EID: 33644886330     PISSN: 00370746     EISSN: 13653091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3091.2005.00759.x     Document Type: Article

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