Liquid-vapour homogenisation of fluid inclusions in stalagmites: Evaluation of a new thermometer for palaeoclimate research

Chemical Geology

Volumn 289, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 39-47

  Krüger, Yves ^a   Marti, Dominik ^a   Staub, Rita Hidalgo ^a   Fleitmann, Dominik ^a   Frenz, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Fluid inclusion; Liquid vapour homogenisation; Palaeoclimate; Stalagmite; Surface tension

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; FLUID DENSITIES; FLUID INCLUSION; FORMATION TEMPERATURE; HOMOGENISATION; LIQUID-VAPOUR; PALAEOCLIMATE; PALAEOTEMPERATURES; STALAGMITE; SURFACE TEMPERATURES; THERMODYNAMIC MODEL; VAPOUR BUBBLES;

AIR; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CAVES; MINERALOGY; SURFACE TENSION;

LIQUIDS;

AIR TEMPERATURE; CAVE; FLUID INCLUSION; LASER; NUCLEATION; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOTEMPERATURE; SPELEOTHEM; STALAGMITE; SURFACE TENSION; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 80053132438     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2011.07.009     Document Type: Article

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