Journal article
Stable isotope studies of fluid inclusions in speleothems and their paleoclimatic significance
Abstract
Fluid inclusions found trapped in speleothems (cave deposited travertine) are interpreted as samples of seepage water from which enclosing calcium carbonate was deposited. The inclusions are assumed to have preserved their D/H ratios since the time of deposition. Initial 18O/16O ratios can be inferred from δD because rain- and snow-derived seepage waters fall on the meteoric water line (δD = 8δ18O + 10). Estimates of temperature of deposition …
Authors
Schwarcz HP; Harmon RS; Thompson P; Ford DC
Journal
Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, Vol. 40, No. 6, pp. 657–665
Publisher
Elsevier
Publication Date
June 1976
DOI
10.1016/0016-7037(76)90111-3
ISSN
0016-7037