1989
DOI: 10.1016/0033-5894(89)90082-3
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Abstract: The growth of speleothems is indicative of interglacial and interstadial conditions in the United Kingdom, since their growth is dependent on two factors. First, the occurrence of significant diffuse groundwater recharge and, second, the biogenic production of carbon dioxide in the soil, both are dependent on temperature and water availability. The growth frequency of speleothems is examined using a cumulative distributed error frequency method applied to 341 uncontaminated uranium-series age determinations. T… Show more

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“…Consequently, speleothem growth is mainly restricted to relatively warm and humid climate periods that are characterised by the availability of water, sufficient soil development and vegetation cover above the cave, such as during the Holocene (Mangini et al, 2007;McDermott et al, 1999) and previous interglacials (Baker et al, 1993;Gordon et al, 1989;Hennig et al, 1983). This results in drip water supersaturated with respect to calcite entering the cave and, eventually, the precipitation of speleothem calcite.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Consequently, speleothem growth is mainly restricted to relatively warm and humid climate periods that are characterised by the availability of water, sufficient soil development and vegetation cover above the cave, such as during the Holocene (Mangini et al, 2007;McDermott et al, 1999) and previous interglacials (Baker et al, 1993;Gordon et al, 1989;Hennig et al, 1983). This results in drip water supersaturated with respect to calcite entering the cave and, eventually, the precipitation of speleothem calcite.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The palaeoclimate significance of growth frequency variations of secondary calcite deposits in caves in Europe has been examined by Gordon et al (1989), Lauritzen (1993), Baker et al (1993), andHercmann (2000), the collected results being reviewed by Richards and Dorale (2003). It was concluded that in these mid-latitude regions speleothem growth was slowed significantly during cool glacial periods, if not stopped, and also that growth was limited in times of relative aridity.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…1981;Goedeetal. 1990), and their dating by uranium series has provided important terrestrial evidence for the timing of glaciations (Gordon et al 1989;Baker et al 1993), extending by an order of magnitude the dates obtainable from radiocarbon. Whereas sampling resolution of deep-sea cores may be 1-3 ka, the dating uncertainty is commonly 10 ka and there is an uncertain lag with respect to continental events.…”
Section: Caves As Repositories Of Paleoenvironmental Datamentioning
confidence: 99%