A late holocene climate record in stalagmites from modrič cave (croatia)

Journal of Quaternary Science

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 585-596

  Rudzka, D ^a   Mcdermott, F ^a   Suric M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZADAR   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Cave monitoring; Croatia; Late Holocene; Paleoclimate; Speleothems

Indexed keywords

AQUIFER; CALCITE; CAVE; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; CLIMATE VARIATION; HOLOCENE; METEOROLOGY; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PALEOCLIMATE; PETROGRAPHY; PROXY CLIMATE RECORD; RADIOCARBON DATING; RECHARGE; SPELEOTHEM; STABLE ISOTOPE; STALAGMITE; WATER BUDGET;

CROATIA;

EID: 84865183785     PISSN: 02678179     EISSN: 10991417     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jqs.2550     Document Type: Article

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