Wet-dry seasonal and spatial variations in the δ13C and δ18O values of the modern endogenic travertine at Baishuitai, Yunnan, SW China and their paleoclimatic and paleoenvironmental implications

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 74, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 1016-1029

  Sun, Hailong ^a   Liu, Zaihua ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCITE; CARBON ISOTOPE; DEPOSITION; MEASUREMENT METHOD; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALEOTEMPERATURE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPATIAL VARIATION; TRAVERTINE;

CHINA; YUNNAN;

EID: 72149087689     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2009.11.008     Document Type: Article

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