Interpretation of speleothem calcite δ13C variations: Evidence from monitoring soil CO2, drip water, and modern speleothem calcite in central Texas

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 142, Issue , 2014, Pages 281-298

  Meyer, Kyle W ^a   Feng, Weimin ^a,b   Breecker, Daniel O ^a   Banner, Jay L ^a   Guilfoyle, Amber ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b VALDOSTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Environmental Services Business Group   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCITE; CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON ISOTOPE; CAVE SYSTEM; CAVERN; DEGASSING; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; KARST; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); SOIL GAS; SPELEOTHEM;

TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84908018152     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2014.07.027     Document Type: Article

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