Organic matter of fossil origin in the amberine speleothems from El Soplao Cave (Cantabria, Northern Spain)

International Journal of Speleology

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 113-123

  Gázquez, Fernando ^a   Calaforra, José María ^a   Rull, Fernando ^b   Forti, Paolo ^c   García Casco, Antonio ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALMERÍA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VALLADOLID   (Spain)

^c Italian Institute of Speleology   (Italy)

^d INSTITUTO ANDALUZ DE CIENCIAS DE LA TIERRA   (Spain)

Author keywords

El Soplao Cave; Infrared spectroscopy; Organic matter; Raman spectroscopy; Speleothems

Indexed keywords

ARIDITY; FOSSIL; HOST ROCK; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; ORGANIC MATTER; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; SPELEOTHEM;

CANTABRIA; SOPLAO CAVE; SPAIN;

EID: 84858760096     PISSN: 03926672     EISSN: 1827806X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5038/1827-806X.41.1.12     Document Type: Article

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