Isotopes in Palaeoenvironmental Research

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Leng, Melanie J. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2006.
• Series: Developments in Paleoenvironmental Research, 10
• Subjects: Earth sciences.; Paleontology.; Sedimentology.; Atmospheric sciences.; Climate change.; Earth Sciences.; Atmospheric Sciences.; Climate Change.; Earth Sciences, general.

This volume is intended to show how stable isotopes can be applied to understanding the palaeoenvironment. There are chapters on the interpretation of isotopes in water, tree rings, bones and teeth, lake sediments, speleothems and marine sediments. Crucial to the understanding of the environmental s...