%0 Journal Article
%T Paleoclimate reconstruction during MIS5a based on a speleothem from Nerja Cave, Málaga, South Spain
%A C. Jim¨¦nez de Cisneros
%A E. Caballero
%J Natural Science
%P 533-540
%@ 2150-4105
%D 2013
%I Scientific Research Publishing
%R 10.4236/ns.2013.55067
%X <p>
	Speleothems from Nerja Cave in southern Spain provide a record during interglacial period MIS5a. Period of speleothem deposition occurred from 70,000 90,000 yr ago. Oxygen (¦Ä18O) and hydrogen (¦ÄD) isotope ratios of speleothem and fluid inclusions enable the reconstruction of climatic variability in this region of southern Spain. Fluid inclusions trapped in speleothems represent samples of drip water from which the speleothems grew. The isotopic compositions of cave dripwaters approximate average annual ¦Ä18O and ¦ÄD of precipitation, therefore ¦Ä18O can be calculated from D/H of inclusion water using the MWL relationship ¦ÄD = 8¦Ä18O + 10. The measurements of the ¦ÄD values of fluid-inclusion water and ¦Ä18O values from speleothems have been applied to paleoclimate reconstruction in Southern Spain indicating a colder condition than at present.
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%K Speleothems
%K Fluid Inclusions
%K Stable Isotope
%K Paleoclimate
%K Spain
%U http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=32037