Black Mn-Fe crusts as markers of abrupt palaeoenvironmental changes in El Soplao Cave (Cantabria, Spain)

International Journal of Speleology

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 163-169

  Gázquez, Fernando ^a   Calaforra, Jose Maria ^a   Forti, Paolo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALMERÍA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

El soplao cave; Manganese iron crust; Speleothems

Indexed keywords

ARAGONITE; CAVE; CRUST; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; HOST ROCK; IRON OXIDE; MANGANESE DEPOSIT; MOBILIZATION; OXIDATION; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); SPELEOTHEM;

CANTABRIA; SOPLAO CAVE; SPAIN;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 80053582572     PISSN: 03926672     EISSN: 1827806X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5038/1827-806X.40.2.8     Document Type: Article

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