Analysis of the climate signal contained within δ18O and growth rate parameters in two Ethiopian stalagmites>

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 71, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 2975-2988

  Baker, Andy ^a   Asrat, Asfawossen ^b   Fairchild, Ian J ^a   Leng, Melanie J ^c,d   Wynn, Peter M ^a   Bryant, Charlotte ^e   Genty, Dominique ^f   Umer, Mohammed ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^c BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^e NATURAL ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

^f CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE FORCING; CLIMATE SIGNAL; HYDROLOGICAL RESPONSE; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; RAINFALL; SEASONALITY; STALAGMITE; TRANSFER FUNCTION; WATER STORAGE;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; ETHIOPIA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 34249704631     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2007.03.029     Document Type: Article

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