Loss of primary texture and geochemical signatures in speleothems due to diagenesis: Evidences from Castañar Cave, Spain

Sedimentary Geology

Volumn 221, Issue 1-4, 2009, Pages 141-149

  Martín García, Rebeca ^a   Alonso Zarza, Ana M ^a   Martín Pérez, Andrea ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Casta ar cave; Isotope geochemistry; Meteoric diagenesis; Palaeoclimate; Speleothems

Indexed keywords

ARAGONITE; CALCITE; DIAGENESIS; GEOCHEMISTRY; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; PALEOENVIRONMENT; SPELEOTHEM;

CACERES [EXTREMADURA]; EURASIA; EUROPE; EXTREMADURA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

CACERES;

EID: 70349912541     PISSN: 00370738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sedgeo.2009.09.007     Document Type: Article

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