[HTML][HTML] Exploring soluble and colloidally transported trace elements in stalagmites: The strontium-yttrium connection

JT Sliwinski, O Kost, L Endres, M Iglesias… - … et Cosmochimica Acta, 2023 - Elsevier
While seasonality in speleothem trace element signatures is well-documented, the
parameters that control the emergence of laminations vary between elements and tend to be …

Climatic and cave settings influence on drip water fluorescent organic matter with implications for fluorescent laminations in stalagmites

LS Endres, C Jacquin, S González-Lemos… - Quaternary …, 2024 - cambridge.org
Speleothem fluorescence can provide insights into past vegetation dynamics and stalagmite
chronology. However, its origin and especially the formation of fluorescent laminations in …

[HTML][HTML] Distinguishing the combined vegetation and soil component of C variation in speleothem records from subsequent degassing and prior calcite …

HM Stoll, C Day, F Lechleitner, O Kost… - Climate of the …, 2023 - cp.copernicus.org
The carbon isotopic signature inherited from soil and epikarst processes may be modified by
degassing and prior calcite precipitation (PCP) before its imprint on speleothem calcite …

Microbiome of caves for bioprospecting: a critical review

A Khatri, K Kumar, IS Thakur - Systems Microbiology and …, 2024 - Springer
Cave microbiomes, consisting of diverse and often extremophilic microorganisms, represent
an underexplored reservoir for bioprospecting, which entails the systematic exploration of …

The influence of fluid inclusions, organics, and calcite fabric on trace element distributions in stalagmites

O Kost, J Sliwinski, N Gies, M Lueder… - Frontiers in Earth …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Trace elements and calcite fabrics in stalagmites are increasingly employed as indicators of
past environmental conditions. The drivers of trace element concentrations and fabrics …

Climate controls on speleothem initial 234U/238U ratios in midlatitude settings over two glacial cycles

C Pérez-Mejías, J Wang, Y Ning, A Moreno… - … et Cosmochimica Acta, 2024 - Elsevier
Despite early hydrological studies of 234 U/238 U in groundwaters, their utilization as a
paleoclimatic proxy in stalagmites has remained sporadic. This study explores uranium …

Sources and transport of CO2 in the karst system of Jiguan Cave, Funiu Mountains, China

Y Li, Y Yang, X Wang, W Luo, J Zhao, Z Sun… - Science of the Total …, 2024 - Elsevier
Conveyance and modification of carbon-isotope signals within the karst system remain
difficult to constrain, due to the complexity of interactions between multiple components …

Distinguishing the vegetation and soil component of δ13C variation in speleothem records from degassing and prior calcite precipitation effects

HM Stoll, C Day, F Lechleitner, O Kost… - Climate of the Past …, 2022 - cp.copernicus.org
The carbon isotopic signature inherited from soil/epikarst processes may be modified by
degassing and prior calcite precipitation (PCP) before its imprint on speleothem calcite …

[HTML][HTML] Marine aerosols in coastal areas and their impact on cave drip water–A monitoring study from Northern Spain

O Kost, H Stoll - Atmospheric Environment, 2023 - Elsevier
Marine aerosols affect coastal environments and human infrastructure, hence assessing the
marine aerosol deposition in coastal areas is important. Field observations of marine …