Cryogenic cave carbonates from the Cold Wind Cave, Nízke Tatry Mountains, Slovakia: Extending the age range of cryogenic cave carbonate formation to the Saalian

International Journal of Speleology

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 139-152

  Žák, Karel ^a   Hercman, Helen ^b   Orvos̃ová, Monika ^c   Jac̃ková, Ivana ^d  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Poland)

^c The Slovak Museum of Nature Protection and Speleology   (Slovakia)

^d CZECH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Carbon and oxygen stable isotopes; Cryogenic cave carbonate; Nizke tatry mountains; U series dating; Western carpathians

Indexed keywords

CARBON ISOTOPE; CAVE DEPOSIT; CAVE DEVELOPMENT; CAVE SYSTEM; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; SAALIAN; STABLE ISOTOPE; TRIASSIC; UPLIFT; URANIUM SERIES DATING;

CARPATHIANS; CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; LOW TATRA MOUNTAINS; SLOVAKIA; WESTERN CARPATHIANS;

EID: 67649845483     PISSN: 03926672     EISSN: 1827806X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5038/1827-806X.38.2.5     Document Type: Article

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