Palaeoclimate research in Villars cave (Dordogne, SW-France)

International Journal of Speleology

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 173-191

  Genty, Dominique ^a  

^a LABORATOIRE DES SCIENCES DU CLIMAT ET DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

Author keywords

Cave geochemistry; Cave monitoring; Palaeoclimate; Speleothem; Stalagmite

Indexed keywords

CALCITE; CAVE SYSTEM; CLIMATE VARIATION; DEGLACIATION; GEOCHEMISTRY; LAST GLACIAL; MONITORING SYSTEM; NUMERICAL MODEL; PALEOCLIMATE; SPELEOTHEM; STALACTITE; STALAGMITE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 56549089735     PISSN: 03926672     EISSN: 1827806X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5038/1827-806X.37.3.3     Document Type: Article

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