Stalagmite Geochemistry and Its Paleoenvironmental Implication
A special issue of Minerals (ISSN 2075-163X). This special issue belongs to the section "Mineral Geochemistry and Geochronology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 March 2024) | Viewed by 3203
Special Issue Editors
Interests: speleothem; mid-late quaternary climate change over Southern Africa and Central America; modern climate analysis; U-Th dating
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Speleothems are mineral deposits that gradually accumulate in natural caves over time. Due to their distinct chemical composition, incremental growth, and preservation within enclosed or semi-enclosed caves, speleothems serve as valuable paleoclimatic tools.
The U-Th dating methods of speleothem provide a precise age control and chronology benchmark for crucial events. The geochemistry analysis based on speleothems, such as isotope records, trace element records, fluid inclusion, and organic geochemistry analysis, provides various possibilities to better understand the paleoclimate/ paleoenvironment change. Additionally, the proxy in speleothem can also indicate the mineral transformation, such as the transformation from aragonite to calcite or the transition from calcite to aragonite.
This Special Issue calls for papers including, but not limited to, the following: (1) cave monitoring work showing the modern processes; (2) the imprints of neomorphic processes on the secondary deposited calcite; (3) the new perspectives on speleothem proxies interpretation; (4) case studies with proxy records based on speleothem to better understand the local and broad paleoclimate change; (5) data cross-comparison among speleothem records, proxies from other depositions and model results.
This Special Issue aims to contribute to the disclosure of all the applications of speleothem and its paleoenvironmental implication.
We thank you and look forward to receiving your contributions.
Dr. Hanying Li
Dr. Lijuan Sha
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- speleothem geochemistry
- paleoclimate change
- cave monitoring
- neomorphic processes
- proxy interpretation