Stable isotope fractionation in speleothems: Laboratory experiments

Chemical Geology

Volumn 279, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 31-39

  Polag, Daniela ^a   Scholz, Denis ^b   Mühlinghaus, Christian ^a   Spötl, Christoph ^c   Schröder Ritzrau, Andrea ^a   Segl, Monika ^d   Mangini, Augusto ^a  

^a HEIDELBERG ACADEMY OF SCIENCES AND HUMANITIES   (Germany)

^b JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Laboratory experiments; Stable isotope fractionation; Stable isotopes; Stalagmite

Indexed keywords

CALCITE PRECIPITATION; FASTER REACTIONS; FRACTIONATION FACTORS; GROWTH LAYERS; HIGHER TEMPERATURES; ISOTOPE FRACTIONATION; ISOTOPIC ENRICHMENT; LABORATORY EXPERIMENTS; NONEQUILIBRIUM CONDITIONS; OXYGEN ISOTOPE EXCHANGE; OXYGEN ISOTOPES; PALEOCLIMATES; PALEOCLIMATIC INFORMATION; QUANTITATIVE DETERMINATIONS; STABLE ISOTOPE FRACTIONATION; STABLE ISOTOPES; STALAGMITE; TEMPORAL EVOLUTION; TIME CONSTANTS; VARYING TEMPERATURE; WATER RESERVOIR;

CALCITE; CARBONATE MINERALS; ISOTOPES; LABORATORIES; OXYGEN; REACTION RATES; RESERVOIRS (WATER);

EXPERIMENTS;

BICARBONATE; CALCITE; CARBON ISOTOPE; ENRICHMENT; HIGH TEMPERATURE; ISOTOPIC FRACTIONATION; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); SPELEOTHEM; STABLE ISOTOPE; STALAGMITE;

EID: 78349305630     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2010.09.016     Document Type: Article

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