Environmental factors controlling the δ13C and δ18O variations of recent fluvial tufas: A 12-year record from the monasterio de piedra natural park (NE Iberian Peninsula)

Journal of Sedimentary Research

Volumn 83, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 309-322

  Osácar, M Cinta ^a   Arenas, Concha ^a   Vazquez Urbez, Marta ^a   Sancho, Carlos ^a   Auqué, Luis F ^a   Pardo, Gonzalo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITION; ISOTOPES; OXYGEN;

ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS; MEASURED TEMPERATURES; MEDITERRANEAN CLIMATES; OXYGEN ISOTOPE COMPOSITION; RECENT FLUVIAL TUFAS; TEMPERATURE CALCULATION; TEMPERATURE OSCILLATIONS;

CALCITE;

CALCITE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); STABLE ISOTOPE; TUFA;

ARAGON; MONASTERIO DE PIEDRA NATURAL PARK; SPAIN; ZARAGOZA;

EID: 84877070226     PISSN: 15271404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2110/jsr.2013.27     Document Type: Article

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