Speleothems are now regarded as valuable archives of climatic conditions on the
continents, offering a number of advantages relative to other continental climate proxy …

Variations in speleothem oxygen-isotope values (δ18O) result from a complicated interplay
of environmental controls and processes in the ocean, atmosphere, soil zone, epikarst, and …

uring the spring of 1960, an uncle showed me a 'petrifying spring'near Plaxtol in Kent
Dwhere twigs had been encased in a calcareous jacket. A twig was collected and having …

Speleothems are primarily studied in order to generate archives of climatic change and
results have led to significant advances in identifying and dating major shifts in the climate …

Speleothems are now established as important palaeoenvironmental archives and contain a
number of suitable proxies, although trace elements have been much less widely used than …

There are very few process studies that demonstrate the annual variation in cave
environments depositing speleothems. Accordingly, we initiated a monitoring program at the …

The Karst Waters Institute Breakthroughs in Karst Geomicrobiology and Redox
Geochemistry conference in 1994 was a watershed event in the history of cave …

For many decades researchers have attempted to clarify the factors controlling the
precipitation of calcium carbonate polymorphs and the incorporation of Mg into calcite …

Spring systems encompass a tremendous range of environmental niches where calcareous
deposits commonly form. Although active springs have been classified according to their …

Many spring deposits throughout the world are characterized by spectacular deposits of
calcium carbonate that are formed of various combinations of aragonite and calcite, and in …