Preliminary paleoclimate reconstruction based on a 12,500 year old speleothem from Vancouver Island, Canada: stable isotopes and U-Th disequilibrium dating

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 28, Issue 23-24, 2009, Pages 2507-2513

  Marshall, Daniel ^a   Ghaleb, Bassam ^b   Countess, Robert ^c   Gabities, Janet ^d  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c Vancouver Island Nature Exploration Port Hardy   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRY CONDITION; EQUILIBRIUM CONDITIONS; GREENLAND; HIGH RESOLUTION; HOLOCENES; ICE CORE; LITTLE ICE AGE; PALEOCLIMATE RECONSTRUCTION; STABLE ISOTOPES; YOUNGER DRYAS;

CAVES; GROUNDWATER; HYDROGEOLOGY; ISOTOPES;

GLACIAL GEOLOGY;

DATING METHOD; DISEQUILIBRIUM; HOLOCENE; HUMIDITY; ICE CORE; MEDIEVAL WARM PERIOD; PALEOCLIMATE; RECONSTRUCTION; SPELEOTHEM; STABLE ISOTOPE; STALAGMITE;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; VANCOUVER ISLAND;

EID: 70349122919     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2009.05.019     Document Type: Article

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