Seasonal variations in modern speleothem calcite growth in Central Texas, U.S.A

Journal of Sedimentary Research

Volumn 77, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 615-622

  Banner, Jay L ^a   Guilfoyle, Amber ^a   James, Eric W ^a   Stern, Libby A ^a,b   Musgrove, Marylynn ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b FBI LABORATORY   (United States)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CALCITE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CAVES;

ARTIFICIAL SUBSTRATES; CONTROLLING MECHANISM; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; GEOCHEMICAL PROXIES; INTERANNUAL VARIATION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SIMILAR TEMPORAL PATTERNS; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

GROWTH RATE;

CALCITE; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; GROWTH RATE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPELEOTHEM;

EDWARDS PLATEAU; NORTH AMERICA; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34447512533     PISSN: 15271404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2110/jsr.2007.065     Document Type: Article

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