Temperature-driven seasonal calcite growth and drip water trace element variations in a well-ventilated Texas cave: Implications for speleothem paleoclimate studies

Chemical Geology

Volumn 392, Issue , 2015, Pages 43-58

  Casteel, Richard C ^a   Banner, Jay L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Calcite growth; Drip water; Seasonal variations; Speleothem; Trace elements

Indexed keywords

CALCITE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CAVES; DIGITAL STORAGE; GEOCHEMISTRY; MINERALS; TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION; TRACE ELEMENTS; VENTILATION;

CALCITE GROWTH; DRIP WATERS; INCONGRUENT CALCITE DISSOLUTIONS; PRIOR CALCITE PRECIPITATIONS; SEASONAL TEMPERATURE VARIATIONS; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPELEOTHEM; TRACE ELEMENT CONCENTRATIONS;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE;

AIR TEMPERATURE; CALCITE; CAVE; GEOCHEMISTRY; PALEOCLIMATE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPELEOTHEM; TRACE ELEMENT; WATER-ROCK INTERACTION;

TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84949116242     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2014.11.002     Document Type: Article

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