Use of hydrogen isotope variations in speleothem fluid inclusions as an independent measure of paleoclimate

Special Paper of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 395, Issue , 2005, Pages 43-53

  Serefiddin, Feride ^a   Schwarcz, Henry ^b   Ford, Derek ^b  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Fluid inclusions; Hydrogen isotopes; Paleotemperatures; Speleothems

Indexed keywords

CALCITE; CLIMATE CHANGE; HYDROGEN; MINERALOGY;

AMOUNT EFFECTS; CLIMATE VARIATION; FLUID INCLUSION; HYDROGEN ISOTOPE; ISOTOPIC FRACTIONATIONS; METEORIC WATER LINES; PALEOTEMPERATURES; SPELEOTHEMS;

ISOTOPES;

CLIMATE VARIATION; GROWTH RATE; HOLOCENE; HYDROGEN ISOTOPE; INCLUSION; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOTEMPERATURE; SPELEOTHEM;

CALIFORNIA; SANTA CRUZ [CALIFORNIA]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 38749139312     PISSN: 00721077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/0-8137-2395-7.43     Document Type: Article

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