Climate controls on rainfall isotopes and their effects on cave drip water and speleothem growth: The case of Molinos cave (Teruel, NE Spain)

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 43, Issue 1-2, 2014, Pages 221-241

  Moreno, Ana ^a   Sancho, Carlos ^b   Bartolomé, Miguel ^a,b   Oliva Urcia, Belén ^a,f   Delgado Huertas, Antonio ^c   Estrela, M José ^d   Corell, David ^d   López Moreno, Juan Ignacio ^a   Cacho, Isabel ^e  

^a INSTITUTO PIRENAICO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

^c INSTITUTO ANDALUZ DE CIENCIAS DE LA TIERRA   (Spain)

^d FUNDACIÓN CENTRO DE ESTUDIOS AMBIENTALES DEL MEDITERRÁNEO CEAM   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^f UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cave monitoring; Iberian Peninsula; Oxygen isotopes; Rainfall

Indexed keywords

CAVE; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PRECIPITATION QUALITY; RAINFALL; SPELEOTHEM;

ARAGON; IBERIAN PENINSULA; SPAIN; TERUEL [ARAGON];

EID: 84906099769     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00382-014-2140-6     Document Type: Article

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