Time series δ26Mg analysis in speleothem calcite: Kinetic versus equilibrium fractionation, comparison with other proxies and implications for palaeoclimate research

Chemical Geology

Volumn 244, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 715-729

  Buhl, D ^a   Immenhauser, A ^a   Smeulders, G ^b   Kabiri, L ^c   Richter, D K ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c MOULAY ISMAIL UNIVERSITY   (Morocco)

Author keywords

Climate proxy; Equilibrium fractionation; Kinetic fractionation; Magnesium isotopes; Speleothems

Indexed keywords

CALCITE; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA METHOD; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; ISOTOPIC FRACTIONATION; ISOTOPIC RATIO; MAGNESIUM; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PALEOCLIMATE; PLEISTOCENE; SPELEOTHEM; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

AFRICA; MOROCCO; NORTH AFRICA;

EID: 34548570593     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2007.07.019     Document Type: Article

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