Response of a modern cave system to large seasonal precipitation variability

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 91, Issue , 2012, Pages 92-108

  Oster, Jessica L ^a   Montañez, Isabel P ^b   Kelley, Neil P ^b  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; CAVE SYSTEM; CLIMATE VARIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GLOBAL CLIMATE; HOLOCENE; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PLEISTOCENE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); PROXY CLIMATE RECORD; SEASONALITY; SPELEOTHEM; STALAGMITE;

CALIFORNIA; SIERRA NEVADA [CALIFORNIA]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84863508441     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2012.05.027     Document Type: Article

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