Climatic control on the growth of gigantic gypsum crystals within hypogenic caves (Naica mine, Mexico)?

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 289, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 560-569

  Garofalo, Paolo S ^a   Fricker, Mattias B ^b   Günther, Detlef ^b   Forti, Paolo ^a   Mercuri, Anna Maria ^c   Loreti, Mara ^c   Capaccioni, Bruno ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b LABORATORY OF INORGANIC CHEMISTRY   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

fluid inclusions; hypogenic karst; pollen; speleothem

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENT BASINS; CHEMICALLY PECULIAR; CLIMATIC CHANGES; CLIMATIC CONTROLS; CLIMATIC PERIODS; DRAINAGE BASIN; FLUID COMPOSITION; FLUID INCLUSION; FLUID INCLUSION DATA; FLUID MIXING; GEOCHEMICAL FACTORS; GYPSUM CRYSTALS; HYDRAULIC COMMUNICATION; ICP-MASS SPECTROMETRY; LAND SURFACE; LOW SALINITY; ME-XICO; MICROTHERMOMETRY; POLLEN GRAINS; SALINE FLUIDS; TWO-FLUID; VERTICAL SECTION;

CATCHMENTS; CRYSTALS; EVAPORATION; FLUIDS; GRAIN BOUNDARIES; GYPSUM; INCLUSIONS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MINERALOGY; MINING; SODIUM CHLORIDE; VAPORS;

CAVES;

CAVE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CRYSTAL; DRAINAGE BASIN; FLUID INCLUSION; GROWTH RATE; GYPSUM; KARST; KARSTIFICATION; POLLEN; SPELEOLOGY; SPELEOTHEM;

CHIHUAHUA; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NAICA MINE;

CARNATION LATENT VIRUS;

EID: 73749088563     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2009.11.057     Document Type: Article

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