PP002
Advances in Speleothem Science: New Records, Methods, and Applications
Advances in Speleothem Science: New Records, Methods, and Applications
Session ID#: 248968
Session Description:
Speleothems, cave deposits, are valuable archives of paleoclimatic and paleoenvironmental change. They provide high-resolution, absolutely dated records that shed light on Earth system processes across timescales from the tropics to the poles. With a wide range of proxies, speleothems are capable of reconstructing diverse climatic variables such as precipitation, temperature, vegetation, permafrost, and fire history. They also serve as crucial benchmarks for evaluating and improving climate model simulations. This session invites contributions on all aspects of speleothem science, including novel records, proxy development, cave monitoring, methodological advancements, data syntheses, and proxy-model comparisons. We especially encourage submissions from early-career scientists.
Index Terms:
1041 Stable isotope geochemistry [GEOCHEMISTRY]
4924 Geochemical tracers [PALEOCEANOGRAPHY]
4958 Speleothems [PALEOCEANOGRAPHY]
Primary Convener: Elizabeth Weis Patterson, Lafayette College, Easton, PA, United States
Conveners: Benjamin H Tiger, MIT-WHOI Joint Program, Cambridge, United States, Dr. Sayak Basu, PhD, National Institute of Oceanography, Panjim, India and Cameron B de Wet, Middlebury College, Earth and Climate Sciences, Middlebury, United States
Student/Early Career Convener: Calen Rubin, Boston College, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Chestnut Hill, United States
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