Reconstructing palaeoprecipitation from an active cave flowstone

Journal of Quaternary Science

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 675-687

  Boch, Ronny ^a   Spötl, Christoph ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

Author keywords

Flowstone; Kinetic isotope fractionation; Lamination; Precipitation; Speleothem

Indexed keywords

CALCITE; CARBON ISOTOPE; CAVE DEPOSIT; GEOCHEMISTRY; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; ISOTOPIC FRACTIONATION; LAMINATION; MEDIEVAL WARM PERIOD; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PETROGRAPHY; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); REACTION KINETICS; SPELEOTHEM; STABLE ISOTOPE; TRACE ELEMENT;

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EID: 80053207210     PISSN: 02678179     EISSN: 10991417     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jqs.1490     Document Type: Article

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