Oxygen isotope variations in rainfall, drip-water and speleothem calcite from a well-ventilated cave in Texas, USA: Assessing a new speleothem temperature proxy

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 127, Issue , 2014, Pages 233-250

  Feng, Weimin ^a   Casteel, Richard C ^a   Banner, Jay L ^a   Heinze Fry, Ayla ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; CALCITE; CAVE DEPOSIT; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PALEOTEMPERATURE; RAINFALL; RECONSTRUCTION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPELEOTHEM; VADOSE ZONE;

TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84891640943     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2013.11.039     Document Type: Article

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