Studies of Cave Sediments: Physical and Chemical Records of Paleoclimate

by Ira D. Sasowsky (Editor), John Mylroie (Editor)

This is the first comprehensive volume on cave sediments. It provides case-studies from around the world, gives guidance on appropriate applications of techniques, and their limitations, synthesizes methods that can be used to decipher complex deposits, and includes chemical deposits (speleothems) as well as clastic sediments. This book is for any geoscience researcher or student with interests in climate change, paleohydrology, karst geology, and sedimentology.

339 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2007