Simulated oxygen isotopes in cave drip water and speleothem calcite in European caves

Climate of the Past

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1781-1799

  Wackerbarth, A ^a   Langebroek, P M ^b,c   Werner, M ^b   Lohmann, G ^b   Riechelmann, S ^d   Borsato, A ^e   Mangini, A ^a  

^a HEIDELBERG ACADEMY OF SCIENCES AND HUMANITIES   (Germany)

^b ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^c BJERKNES CENTRE FOR CLIMATE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^d RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^e Museo Delle Scienze   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; CALCITE; CAVE; FRACTIONATION; GEOGRAPHICAL REGION; HOLOCENE; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PARAMETERIZATION; SPELEOTHEM; STABLE ISOTOPE; STALAGMITE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); EUROPE;

EID: 84868644013     PISSN: 18149324     EISSN: 18149332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/cp-8-1781-2012     Document Type: Article

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