Modification and preservation of environmental signals in speleothems

IJ Fairchild, CL Smith, A Baker, L Fuller, C Spötl… - Earth-Science …, 2006 - Elsevier
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 …

Trace elements in speleothems as recorders of environmental change

IJ Fairchild, PC Treble - Quaternary Science Reviews, 2009 - Elsevier
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 …

Modern human incursion into Neanderthal territories 54,000 years ago at Mandrin, France

L Slimak, C Zanolli, T Higham, M Frouin… - Science …, 2022 - science.org
Determining the extent of overlap between modern humans and other hominins in Eurasia,
such as Neanderthals and Denisovans, is fundamental to understanding the nature of their …

[KNIHA][B] Karst hydrogeology and geomorphology

D Ford, PD Williams - 2007 - books.google.com
Originally published in 1989, Karst Geomorphology and Hydrology became the leading
textbook on karst studies. This new textbook has been substantially revised and updated …

Speleothem calcite farmed in situ: Modern calibration of δ18O and δ13C paleoclimate proxies in a continuously-monitored natural cave system

DM Tremaine, PN Froelich, Y Wang - Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 2011 - Elsevier
Understanding the relationships between speleothem stable isotopes (δ13C δ18O) and in
situ cave forcing mechanisms is important to interpreting ancient stalagmite paleoclimate …

Climate variations of Central Asia on orbital to millennial timescales

H Cheng, C Spötl, SFM Breitenbach, A Sinha… - Scientific reports, 2016 - nature.com
The extent to which climate variability in Central Asia is causally linked to large-scale
changes in the Asian monsoon on varying timescales remains a longstanding question …

The climate variability in northern Levant over the past 20,000 years

H Cheng, A Sinha, S Verheyden… - Geophysical …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
The Levant constitutes an important region for assessing linkages between climate and
societal changes throughout the course of human history. However, large uncertainties …

Seasonal trace-element and stable-isotope variations in a Chinese speleothem: The potential for high-resolution paleomonsoon reconstruction

KR Johnson, C Hu, NS Belshaw… - Earth and Planetary …, 2006 - Elsevier
We report the presence of clear annual cycles in trace-element (Mg/Ca, Sr/Ca, Ba/Ca, and
U/Ca) and stable-isotope (δ18O and δ13C) composition in an annually banded stalagmite …

Accurate trace element analysis of speleothems and biogenic calcium carbonates by LA-ICP-MS

KP Jochum, D Scholz, B Stoll, U Weis, SA Wilson… - Chemical …, 2012 - Elsevier
The high spatial resolution of laser ablation inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry
(LA-ICP-MS) microanalysis of speleothems and biogenic calcium carbonates makes it …

Holocene moisture variations in arid central Asia: Reassessment and reconciliation

S Chen, J Chen, F Lv, X Liu, W Huang, T Wang… - Quaternary Science …, 2022 - Elsevier
During the past two decades there have been numerous studies of Holocene moisture
variations in arid central Asia (ACA). However, these available records show contradictory …