High-resolution dating of stalagmites and reconstruction of paleo-environments

The discovery of abrupt paleo-climate change events and the prediction of environmental changes in the future time have raised an urgent request for high-resolution paleo-environmental records. This paper reviews the progress made in chronology and paleo-environment of stalagmites from karst caves i...

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Published in:Acta geochimica 2001-09, Vol.20 (3), p.282-288
Main Authors: Wang, Zhaorong, Yuan, Daoxian, Lin, Yushi, Zhang, Meiliang, Zhou, Jie, Liu, Weiguo
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Carbonates
Caves
Climate change
Environmental changes
Geochemistry
Karst
Mass spectrometry
Paleoclimate
Paleoclimate science
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Summary:The discovery of abrupt paleo-climate change events and the prediction of environmental changes in the future time have raised an urgent request for high-resolution paleo-environmental records. This paper reviews the progress made in chronology and paleo-environment of stalagmites from karst caves in China and presents some of the results of TIMS-U-series dating of stalagmites composed of secondary carbonates, taken from the Dongge, Longquan and Yamen karst caves in Libo County and the Qixing karst cave in Duyun, Guizhou Province, on a MAT-262 mass spectrometer.
ISSN:1000-9426
2096-0956
1993-0364
2365-7499
DOI:10.1007/BF03166150