Dripwater organic matter and trace element geochemistry in a semi-arid karst environment: Implications for speleothem paleoclimatology

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 135, Issue , 2014, Pages 217-230

  Rutlidge, Helen ^a,d   Baker, Andy ^a,d   Marjo, Christopher E ^a   Andersen, Martin S ^a,d   Graham, Peter W ^a   Cuthbert, Mark O ^a,b   Rau, Gabriel C ^a,d   Roshan, Hamid ^a,d   Markowska, Monika ^a,c,d   Mariethoz, Gregoire ^a,d   Jex, Catherine N ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c AUSTRALIAN NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ORGANISATION   (Australia)

^d NATIONAL CENTRE FOR GROUNDWATER RESEARCH AND TRAINING   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEDROCK; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); GEOCHEMISTRY; HYDROCHEMISTRY; INFILTRATION; KARST; ORGANIC MATTER; PALEOCLIMATE; SEMIARID REGION; SPELEOTHEM; STALAGMITE; TRACE ELEMENT;

AUSTRALIA; NEW SOUTH WALES; WELLINGTON [NEW SOUTH WALES];

EID: 84898420155     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2014.03.036     Document Type: Article

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