A Reproduction of Recent Climate of the Southwestern United States Produced from Cave Deposits at Kartchner Caverns, Arizona
Ratios of the oxygen isotope δ¹⁸O can be used as a proxy to determine the climate conditions of the past, as very low levels of δ¹⁸O are indicative of a wet climate, while higher levels signify that the climate of a particular region is drier. For this project, the levels of δ¹⁸O collected from stal...
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The University of Arizona.
2014
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Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10150/555568 |