Speleothem science: From process to past environments/
Ian J. Fairchild and Andy Baker.
- 1st ed.
- United Kingdom: Wiley-Blackwell, 2012.
- xiv, 432 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.
I Scientific and geological context 1 Introduction to speleothems and systems 2 Carbonate and karst cave geology 3 Surface environments: climate, soil and vegetation
II Transfer processes in karst 4 The speleothem incubator 5 Inorganic water chemistry 6 Biogeochemistry of karstic environments
III Speleothem properties 7 The architecture of speleothems 8 Geochemistry of speleothems 9 Dating of speleothems
IV Palaeoenvironments 10 The instrumental era: calibration and validation of proxy-environment relationships 11 The Holocene epoch: testing the climate and environmental proxies 12 The Pleistocene and beyond