Verification of the causes of glaciations and sea level changes using the records of calcite speleothems.

The luminescence of calcite speleothems displays an exponential dependence on soil temperature unless there is a dense cover of forest over the cave to dampen it. This relationship is determined primarily by the strength of solar visible and infrared radiation. It is suggested that, as a consequence...

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Main Authors: Shopov Yavor Y., Stoykova Diana, Tsankov Ludmil, Sanabria Michael, Lundberg Joyce, Georgiev Leonid, Forti Paolo, Georgieva Desislava
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of South Florida Libraries 2000-01-01
Series:International Journal of Speleology
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Online Access:http://www.ijs.speleo.it/pdf/60.116.29_Shopov.al.pdf