Age frequency distribution and revised stable isotope curves for New Zealand speleothems: Palaeoclimatic implications

International Journal of Speleology

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 99-112

  Williams, Paul W ^a   Neil, Helen L ^b   Zhao, Jian Xin ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

New Zealand; Palaeoclimate; Speleothems; Stable isotopes; Uranium series

Indexed keywords

CALCITE; CARBON ISOTOPE; CAVE; DEPOSITION; GEOMAGNETISM; GLACIAL-INTERGLACIAL CYCLE; GLACIER; GLOBAL CLIMATE; ICE CORE; INTERSTADIAL; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; MORAINE; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PALEOCLIMATE; SPELEOTHEM; STABLE ISOTOPE; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; TROUGH; URANIUM SERIES DATING;

ANTARCTICA; NEW ZEALAND; PACIFIC OCEAN; TASMAN SEA;

EID: 77957323958     PISSN: 03926672     EISSN: 1827806X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5038/1827-806X.39.2.5     Document Type: Article

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