Coarsely crystalline cryogenic cave carbonate – a new archive to estimate the Last Glacial minimum permafrost depth in Central Europe
Cryogenic cave carbonate (CCC) represents a specific type of speleothem whose precipitation is triggered by freezing of mineralized karst water. Coarsely crystalline CCC, which formed during slow freezing of water in cave pools, has been reported from 20 Central European caves located in Germany, th...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Copernicus Publications
2012-11-01
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| Series: | Climate of the Past |
| Online Access: | http://www.clim-past.net/8/1821/2012/cp-8-1821-2012.pdf |