Reconstructing modern stalagmite growth from cave monitoring, local meteorology, and experimental measurements of dripwater films

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 392, Issue , 2014, Pages 239-249

  Baker, Alexander J ^a   Mattey, David P ^b   Baldini, James U L ^a  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Analogue experiment; Growth rate; Palaeoclimate; Stalagmite

Indexed keywords

CALCITE; DIGITAL STORAGE; FILM THICKNESS; GRAIN BOUNDARIES; GROWTH RATE; METEOROLOGY;

EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS; GEOCHEMICAL PROXIES; METEOROLOGICAL DATA; PALAEOCLIMATE; PALAEOCLIMATE RECONSTRUCTION; SEASONAL CHANGES; STALAGMITE; SURFACE MICROTOPOGRAPHY;

FILM GROWTH;

CALCITE; CAVE SYSTEM; GRAIN BOUNDARY; GROWTH RATE; KARST; METEOROLOGY; PALEOCLIMATE; RECONSTRUCTION; STALAGMITE;

GIBRALTAR; SAINT MICHAELS CAVE;

EID: 84895758302     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2014.02.036     Document Type: Article

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