Bioptical microcycles of laminated speleothems from China and their chronological significance

Authors
Tan, M Qin, XG Shen, LM Wang, XF Wang, YJ Li, TY Song, LH Wang, LH Liu, DS
Citation
M. Tan et al., Bioptical microcycles of laminated speleothems from China and their chronological significance, CHIN SCI B, 44(17), 1999, pp. 1604-1607
Citations number
14
Categorie Soggetti
Multidisciplinary
Journal title
CHINESE SCIENCE BULLETIN
ISSN journal
10016538 → ACNP
Volume
44
Issue
17
Year of publication
1999
Pages
1604 - 1607
Database
ISI
SICI code
1001-6538(199909)44:17<1604:BMOLSF>2.0.ZU;2-A
Abstract
Interfaces of microlayers, in most stalagmites from China, consist of opaqu e and organic materials. Observed with microscope, the interfaces seem dark under transmitted light and luminiferous under reflected fluorescent light . Stalagmites in which the two optical characters are unified spatially wou ld be most suitable for cross-dating use, and can play an important role in the study on speleochronology and speleoclimatology.