The dripwaters and speleothems of Poole's Cavern: A review of recent and ongoing research

Cave and Karst Science

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 37-46

  Hartland, Adam ^a   Fairchild, Ian J ^a   Lead, Jamie R ^a   Dominguez Villar, David ^a   Baker, Andy ^b   Gunn, John ^a   Baalousha, Mohammed ^a   Ju Nam, Yon ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Co 2; Colloids; Hyperalkaline; Organic carbon; Speleothems; Trace metals

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; CAVERN; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; COLLOID; CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; GEOCHEMISTRY; KARST; PH; SPELEOTHEM; STALAGMITE; TRACE ELEMENT; TRACE METAL; WATER;

BUXTON; DERBYSHIRE; ENGLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 77953049471     PISSN: 1356191X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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