Effective precipitation in southern Spain (∼ 266 to 46 ka) based on a speleothem stable carbon isotope record

Quaternary Research

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 447-457

  Hodge, Edward J ^a   Richards, David A ^a   Smart, Peter L ^a   Andreo, Bartolomé ^b   Hoffmann, Dirk L ^a   Mattey, Dave P ^c   González Ramón, Antonio ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MÁLAGA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d INSTITUTO GEOLÓGICO Y MINERO DE ESPAÑA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Effective precipitation; Speleothems; Stable isotopes; U series methods; Western Mediterranean palaeoclimate

Indexed keywords

CARBON ISOTOPE; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; ICE CORE; INTERGLACIAL; MARINE ISOTOPE STAGE; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); PROXY CLIMATE RECORD; SPELEOTHEM; STABLE ISOTOPE; URANIUM SERIES DATING;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; EURASIA; EUROPE; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

GITANA;

EID: 43149112770     PISSN: 00335894     EISSN: 10960287     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yqres.2008.02.013     Document Type: Article

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