Seasonal isotopic variability of precipitation and cave drip water at Indian Oven Cave, New York

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 20, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1793-1803

  van Beynen, Philip ^a   Febbroriello, Peter ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b Research Support Group   (United States)

Author keywords

Cave drip water; Palaeoclimates; Precipitation; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATOLOGY; FLOW OF WATER; ISOTOPES; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY);

CAVE DRIP WATER; CAVE-SEEPAGE WATERS; PALAEOCLIMATIC; SPELEOTHEMS; STABLE ISOTOPES;

SEEPAGE;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATOLOGY; FLOW OF WATER; ISOTOPES; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); SEEPAGE;

ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; PALEOCLIMATE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); STABLE ISOTOPE;

INDIAN OVEN CAVE; NEW YORK [UNITED STATES]; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33646558557     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.5957     Document Type: Article

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