Trace-element variations in an annually layered stalagmite as recorders of climatic changes and anthropogenic pollution in central China

Quaternary Research (United States)

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 181-188

  Tan, Liangcheng ^a   Shen, Chuan Chou ^b   Cai, Yanjun ^a   Lo, Li ^b   Cheng, Hai ^c   An, Zhisheng ^a  

^a Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Annually layered stalagmite; Central China; Climate change; Environmental pollution; REE geochemistry; Trace elements

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; POLLUTION; SOILS; TRACE ELEMENTS; ZINC;

ANNUALLY LAYERED STALAGMITE; ANTHROPOGENIC POLLUTION; CENTRAL CHINAS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTIONS; MICROBIAL ACTIVITIES; ORGANIC DECOMPOSITION; POSITIVE CORRELATIONS; REE GEOCHEMISTRY;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; CLIMATE VARIATION; GEOCHEMISTRY; GEOLOGICAL RECORD; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOTEMPERATURE; POLLUTION; RARE EARTH ELEMENT; STALAGMITE; TIMESCALE; TRACE ELEMENT; TREND ANALYSIS;

CHINA;

EID: 84897024312     PISSN: 00335894     EISSN: 10960287     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yqres.2013.12.001     Document Type: Article

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