Lateglacial to Holocene trace element record (Ba, Mg, Sr) from Corchia Cave (Apuan Alps, central Italy): Paleoenvironmental implications

Journal of Quaternary Science

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 381-392

  Regattieri, E ^a,b   Zanchetta, G ^a,b,c   Drysdale, R N ^d,e   Isola, I ^c   Hellstrom, J C ^d   Dallai, L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c SEZIONE DI PISA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITÉ DE SAVOIE   (France)

Author keywords

Central Italy; Corchia Cave; Holocene; Speleothems; Trace elements

Indexed keywords

ARAGONITE; CALCITE; CLIMATE VARIATION; GYPSUM; HOLOCENE; ISOTOPIC RATIO; LATE GLACIAL; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALEOHYDROLOGY; PARAMETERIZATION; SPELEOTHEM; STABLE ISOTOPE; STALAGMITE; TRACE ELEMENT;

CORCHIA CAVE; ITALY; LUCCA; TUSCANY;

EID: 84900502670     PISSN: 02678179     EISSN: 10991417     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jqs.2712     Document Type: Article

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