Rainfall and hydrological controls on speleothem geochemistry during climatic events (droughts and typhoons): An example from Seopdong Cave, Republic of Korea

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 295, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 441-450

  Jo, Kyoung nam ^a,b   Woo, Kyung Sik ^a   Hong, Gi Hoon ^b   Kim, Suk Hyun ^b   Suk, Bong Chul ^b  

^a Kangwon National University   (South Korea)

^b Korea Research Institute of Ships and Ocean Engineering   (South Korea)

Author keywords

210Pbex; Climatic event; Drought; East Asian monsoon; Soda straw; Speleothem; Stable isotopes; Trace elements

Indexed keywords

210PBEX; CLIMATIC EVENTS; EAST ASIAN MONSOON; SODA STRAW; STABLE ISOTOPES;

AGRICULTURAL CHEMICALS; ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; CARBONATE MINERALS; CAVES; CLIMATOLOGY; DROUGHT; GROWTH RATE; HURRICANES; ISOTOPES; RAIN; TRACE ANALYSIS; TRACE ELEMENTS;

LEAD;

CARBON ISOTOPE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE VARIATION; DROUGHT; GEOCHEMISTRY; HYDROLOGY; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; LEAD ISOTOPE; MONSOON; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RADIONUCLIDE; RAINFALL; RAINWATER; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPELEOTHEM; STABLE ISOTOPE; TRACE ELEMENT; TYPHOON;

FAR EAST; KOREA;

EID: 77953812569     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2010.04.024     Document Type: Article

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