Oxygen and hydrogen isotopes of rainfall and dripwater at DeSoto Caverns (Alabama, USA): Key to understanding past variability of moisture transport from the Gulf of Mexico

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 74, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 846-861

  Joe Lambert, W ^a   Aharon, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPLITUDE; CAVE SYSTEM; CAVERN; CONDENSATION; EVAPORATION; GROUNDWATER; HYDROGEN ISOTOPE; HYDROLOGICAL CYCLE; KARST HYDROLOGY; KARSTIFICATION; METEORIC WATER; MOISTURE TRANSFER; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PROXY CLIMATE RECORD; RAINFALL; RESIDENCE TIME; SPELEOTHEM; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

ALABAMA; ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF COAST [UNITED STATES]; GULF OF MEXICO; UNITED STATES;

EID: 72149083358     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2009.10.043     Document Type: Article

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