Speleothems and paleoglaciers

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 254, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 323-331

  Spötl, Christoph ^a   Mangini, Augusto ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^b HEIDELBERG ACADEMY OF SCIENCES AND HUMANITIES   (Germany)

Author keywords

glacier; isotopes; paleoclimate; speleotherms; U Th dating

Indexed keywords

ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOGLACIERS; SPELEOTHEMS;

CARBONATES; CLIMATE CHANGE; GEOCHEMISTRY; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; LIMESTONE; PERCOLATION (FLUIDS); ROCKS;

CAVES;

CARBON ISOTOPE; DISSOLUTION; GLACIER DYNAMICS; HOST ROCK; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MELTWATER; OXIDATION; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOTEMPERATURE; PARENT BODY; SPELEOTHEM; SULFIDE; URANIUM SERIES DATING;

EID: 33846584548     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2006.11.041     Document Type: Article

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