Journal article
Changes of 2H and 18O enrichment of meteoric water and Pleistocene glaciation
Abstract
Recent theoretical modelling1 has suggested that the well documented δD–δ18O relationship for modern meteoric waters may have changed during the Pleistocene glacial periods in response to increased ocean surface air humidity. Here we present isotopic data on fluid inclusions and host speleothem which support this hypothesis. Depositional temperatures can be determined for speleothems formed in equilibrium conditions from the temperature …
Authors
Harmon RS; Schwarcz HP
Journal
Nature, Vol. 290, No. 5802, pp. 125–128
Publisher
Springer Nature
Publication Date
March 1981
DOI
10.1038/290125a0
ISSN
0028-0836