Identification of mud flood layers within stalagmites

Nott, Jonathan (2015) Identification of mud flood layers within stalagmites. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 112 (34). E4636-E4636.

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Abstract

[Extract] Denniston et al. (1) provide an important contribution to the prehistoric record of rainfall and tropical cyclones (TCs) in northwest Australia. The authors identify mud layers within limestone stalagmites as evidence of cave flood events and associate these with the passage of TCs. There is little doubt that the prominent thicker layers of mud, some of which occur on the flanks of the stalagmites, were deposited during cave flood events. The methodology used to identify the other reported thinner (<0.5 mm) mud layers, however, is not clearly articulated. Nor is it clear if an objective methodology was used to identify flood layers that may be only several tens of microns thick.

Item ID: 40266
Item Type: Article (Short Note)
ISSN: 1091-6490
Keywords: floods, stalagmites, northwest Australia
Date Deposited: 25 Aug 2015 01:03
FoR Codes: 04 EARTH SCIENCES > 0406 Physical Geography and Environmental Geoscience > 040605 Palaeoclimatology @ 100%
SEO Codes: 96 ENVIRONMENT > 9610 Natural Hazards > 961002 Natural Hazards in Coastal and Estuarine Environments @ 100%
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