Assessing pedogenic calcite stable-isotope values: Can positive linear covariant trends be used to quantify palaeo-evaporation rates?

Chemical Geology

Volumn 256, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 46-51

  Ufnar, David F ^a   Gröcke, Darren R ^b   Beddows, Patricia A ^c  

^a Harpeth Hall School ^*  (United States)

^b DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Meteoric calcite line; Palaeo evaporation; Palaeosols; pCO2; Positive linear covariant trend; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

CALCITE; CLIMATE MODELING; CRYSTALLIZATION; EVAPORATION; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOSOL; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; STABLE ISOTOPE;

EID: 53049092435     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2008.07.022     Document Type: Article

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