Trace metal and carbon isotopic variations in cave dripwater and stalagmite geochemistry from northern Borneo

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 14, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 3567-3585

  Partin, Judson W ^a,b   Cobb, Kim M ^a,b   Adkins, Jess F ^c   Tuen, Andrew A ^d   Clark, Brian ^e  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITI MALAYSIA SARAWAK   (Malaysia)

^e Gunung Mulu National Park   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

paleoclimate; speleothem; stable isotopic composition; stalagmite; trace metal ratio; Western Pacific warm pool

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; CARBON; CAVES; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; ISOTOPES; TIME SERIES;

PALEOCLIMATES; SPELEOTHEM; STABLE ISOTOPIC COMPOSITIONS; STALAGMITE; TRACE METAL; WESTERN PACIFIC WARM POOL;

GEOCHEMISTRY;

BEDROCK; CARBON ISOTOPE; CAVE; GEOCHEMISTRY; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; KARST; PALEOCLIMATE; PROXY CLIMATE RECORD; SPELEOTHEM; STABLE ISOTOPE; STALAGMITE; TRACE METAL; WARM POOL;

EAST MALAYSIA; GUNUNG MULU NATIONAL PARK; MALAYSIA; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (WEST); SARAWAK;

EID: 84886646250     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ggge.20215     Document Type: Article

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