A monthly resolved coral δ18O record from Sabine Bank, Vanuatu (SBV; 166.04° E, 15.94°S), extending from 2006 to 1929 CE, is used to assess the influence of sea surface salinity (SSS) on the oxygen isotopic composition of ...

Records of change of [delta]13C values in vertebrate teeth offer an opportunity to gain insight into changes in past vegetation. Increasingly, teeth from small mammals are used for such purposes, but because their teeth ...

The oxygen isotope compositions of pedogenic carbonates in paleosols are used to reconstruct paleoelevations, paleoatmospheric circulation, paleotemperatures, and paleoprecipitation. The oxygen isotope compositions of ...

The Younger Dryas (YD, 12,900-11,700 years BP) is characterized by a return to near-glacial conditions in the northern hemisphere during the last deglacial period. Texas moisture proxy records support a general regional ...

The Upper Jurassic Haynesville Formation of East Texas and Louisiana is an organic-rich calcareous mudrock that is Kimmeridgian in age. It underlies the less calcareous Bossier Shale, and it overlies the Smackover Formation ...

The purpose of this study was to provide new insights into the interpretation of speleothem (cave calcite deposit) δ13C values. We studied two caves in central Texas, which have been actively monitored for over 12 years. ...

Geological records of past sea ice, such as those contained in Arctic marine sediments, offer an opportunity to strengthen our understanding of long-term sea ice variability, provided unambiguous paleo-sea ice proxies can ...

Rapid tropical glacier retreat over the last 50 years has been well documented, and has received significant media attention. Many studies suggest these changes are due to rising global surface air temperatures, however ...

Trace element compositions, expressed as ratios relative to Ca (Mg/Ca, Sr/Ca and Ba/Ca), in drip water and modern speleothem calcite were measured at multiple sites within a single cave system (Natural Bridge Caverns) in ...