Silicification of cave corals from some lava tube caves in the Jeju Island, Korea: Implications for speleogenesis and a proxy for paleoenvironmental change during the Late Quaternary

Quaternary International

Volumn 176-177, Issue C, 2008, Pages 82-95

  Woo, K S ^a   Choi, D W ^a   Lee, K C ^b  

^a Kangwon National University   (South Korea)

^b Sangji University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARAGONITE; CALCITE; CHEMICAL WEATHERING; CORAL; LAVA TUBE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); QUATERNARY; SILICIFICATION; SPELEOLOGY; TEXTURE;

ASIA; BILEMOT CAVE; CHEJU [SOUTH KOREA]; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JINGAEMOT CAVE; KOREA; MOSIMORU CAVE; SOCHEON CAVE; SOUTH KOREA; SUSAN CAVE;

ANTHOZOA;

EID: 38849186547     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2007.05.008     Document Type: Article

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