Climatic conditions and hydrological change recorded in a high-resolution stable-isotope profile of a recent laminated tufa on a subtropical Island, southern Japan

Journal of Sedimentary Research

Volumn 77, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 59-67

  Kano, Akihiro ^a   Hagiwara, Risa ^b   Kawai, Tatsuya ^a   Hori, Masako ^a   Matsuoka, Jun ^c  

^a HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NHK SCIENCE AND TECHNICAL RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (Japan)

^c MARINE WORKS JAPAN LTD   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCITE; DEPOSITION RATES; FLOW OF WATER; GROUNDWATER; LAMINATING; OXYGEN; SUGAR CANE; TROPICS;

CALCITE PRECIPITATION; CLIMATIC CONDITIONS; GROUND WATER TABLE; HYDROLOGIC CHANGES; HYDROLOGICAL CHANGES; OXYGEN ISOTOPE VALUES; STABLE ISOTOPE PROFILES; TEMPERATURE INCREASE;

ISOTOPES;

CALCITE; CARBON ISOTOPE; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; DEPOSITION; HYDROLOGICAL CHANGE; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); STABLE ISOTOPE; TUFA;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN; MIYAKO; OKINAWA [RYUKYU ISLANDS]; RYUKYU ISLANDS;

SACCHARUM;

EID: 34447258643     PISSN: 15271404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2110/jsr.2007.006     Document Type: Article

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