Speleothem records of changes in tropical hydrology over the Holocene and possible implications for atmospheric methane

Holocene

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 735-741

  Burns, Stephen J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Holocene; Hydrology; Methane; Oxygen isotopes; Speleothems; Tropical

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; CARBON EMISSION; HOLOCENE; INSOLATION; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; METHANE; MONSOON; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PALEOATMOSPHERE; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOHYDROLOGY; SEASONALITY; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; SPELEOTHEM; TROPICAL REGION;

EID: 79960864244     PISSN: 09596836     EISSN: 14770911     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0959683611400194     Document Type: Article

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