I-STAL, a model for interpretation of Mg/Ca, Sr/Ca and Ba/Ca variations in speleothems and its forward and inverse application on seasonal to millennial scales

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Stoll, Heather M ^a   Müller, Wolfgang ^b   Prieto, Manolo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Mg Ca; Paleoclimate; Speleothem; Sr Ca; Trace element

Indexed keywords

BARIUM; CALCIUM CARBONATE; CAVES; ISOTOPES; TRACE ELEMENTS;

CALCITE PRECIPITATION; COVARIATION; DISSOLUTION PROCESS; DRY SEASONS; ELEMENT RATIOS; HYDROLOGICAL BALANCE; INVERSE MODELS; LABORATORY EXPERIMENTS; LONG TIME SERIES; NW SPAIN; OVERSATURATION; PALEOCLIMATES; PARTITION COEFFICIENT; SAMPLING RESOLUTION; SEASONAL CYCLE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPELEOTHEM; STABLE ISOTOPES; TRACE ELEMENT CONCENTRATIONS; WATER BALANCE; WATER ROCK INTERACTIONS; WINTER RAINFALL;

CARBON DIOXIDE;

CALCIUM; CAVE; DISSOLUTION; ISOTOPIC RATIO; MAGNESIUM; PALEOCLIMATE; PARTITION COEFFICIENT; SPELEOTHEM; STABLE ISOTOPE; STALAGMITE; STRONTIUM; TRACE ELEMENT; WATER BUDGET; WATER CHEMISTRY;

SPAIN;

EID: 84866321664     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2012GC004183     Document Type: Article

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