Masking of interannual climate proxy signals by residual tropical cyclone rainwater: Evidence and challenges for low-latitude speleothem paleoclimatology

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 14, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 3632-3647

  Frappier, Amy Benoit ^a  

^a SKIDMORE COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

hurricane; paleotempestology; proxy development; stable isotope; stalagmite

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; GROUNDWATER; ISOTOPES; OXYGEN; RAIN; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

C VALUES; PALEOTEMPESTOLOGY; PROXY DEVELOPMENT; STABLE ISOTOPES; STALAGMITE;

HURRICANES;

ANNUAL VARIATION; CARBON ISOTOPE; CLIMATE VARIATION; HURRICANE; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PROXY CLIMATE RECORD; RAINWATER; SPELEOTHEM; STABLE ISOTOPE; STALAGMITE; TROPICAL CYCLONE;

EID: 84886668046     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ggge.20218     Document Type: Article

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