Speleothem trace element signatures: A hydrologic geochemical study of modern cave dripwaters and farmed calcite

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 121, Issue , 2013, Pages 522-545

  Tremaine, Darrel M ^a   Froelich, Philip N ^b  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Froelich Education Services   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCITE; CAVE; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; GEOCHEMISTRY; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RAINFALL; SPELEOTHEM; STALAGMITE; TRACE ELEMENT; WATER CHEMISTRY;

EID: 84883517776     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2013.07.026     Document Type: Article

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