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Ian J. Fairchild & Andy Baker 
Speleothem Science 
From Process to Past Environments

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Speleothems (mineral deposits that formed in caves) are currently
giving us some of the most exciting insights into environments and
climates during the Pleistocene ice ages and the subsequent
Holocene rise of civilizations. The book applies system science to
Quaternary environments in a new and rigorous way and gives
holistic explanations the relations between the properties of
speleothems and the climatic and cave setting in which they are
found. It is designed as the ideal companion to someone
embarking on speleothem research and, since the underlying science
is very broad, it will also be invaluable to a wide variety of
others. Students and professional scientists interested in
carbonate rocks, karst hydrogeology, climatology, aqueous
geochemistry, carbonate geochemistry and the calibration of
climatic proxies will find up-to-date reviews of these topics
here. The book will also be valuable to Quaternary scientists
who, up to now, have lacked a thorough overview of these important
archives.

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Preface, xi

Acknowledgements, xiii

I Scientifi c and geological context, 1

1 Introduction to speleothems and systems, 3

1.1 What is all the fuss about?, 3

1.2 How is this book organized?, 11

1.3 Concepts and approaches of system science, 13

1.4 The speleothem factory within the karst system, 18

2 Carbonate and karst cave geology, 28

2.1 Carbonates in the Earth system over geological time, 28

2.2 Lithologies of carbonate host rocks, 34

2.3 Carbonate diagenesis and eogenetic karst, 47

2.4 Speleogenesis in mesogenetic and telogenetic karst (withcontributions from John Gunn and David J Lowe), 55

2.5 Cave infilling, 64

2.6 Conclusion, 71

3 Surface environments: climate, soil and vegetation, 73

3.1 The modern climate system, 73

3.2 Water isotopes in the atmosphere, 84

3.3 Soils of karst regions, 94

3.4 Vegetation of karst regions, 102

3.5 Synthesis: inputs to the incubator, 104

II Transfer processes in karst, 105

4 The speleothem incubator, 107

4.1 Introduction to speleophysiology, 107

4.2 Physical parameters and fl uid behaviour, 109

4.3 Water movement, 114

4.4 Air circulation, 122

4.5 Heat flux (authored by David Domínguez-Villar), 137

4.6 Synthesis: cave climatologies, 145

5 Inorganic water chemistry, 148

5.1 Sampling protocols for water chemistry, 148

5.2 The carbonate system, 152

5.3 Weathering, trace elements and isotopes, 156

5.4 Carbon isotopes, 173

5.5 Evolution of cave water chemistry: modelling sources andenvironmental signals, 180

6 Biogeochemistry of karstic environments, 187

6.1 Introduction, 187

6.2 Organic macromolecules, 188

6.3 Pollen and spores, 198

6.4 Cave faunal remains, 199

6.5 Synthesis and research gaps, 200

III Speleothem properties, 205

7 The architecture of speleothems, 207

7.1 Introduction, 207

7.2 Theoretical models of stalagmite growth and of stalagmiteand stalactite shapes, 207

7.3 Geometrical classifi cation of speleothems, 213

7.4 Mineralogy and petrology, 223

7.5 Synthesis, 241

8 Geochemistry of speleothems, 245

8.1 Analysis and the sources of uncertainty, 245

8.2 The growth interface, 249

8.3 Trace element partitioning, 255

8.4 Oxygen and carbon isotope fractionation, 263

8.5 Evolution of dripwater and speleothem chemistry along waterflowlines, 277

8.6 Process models of variability over time, 281

9 Dating of speleothems, 290

9.1 Introduction, 290

9.2 Dating techniques, 291

9.3 Age-distance models, 300

9.4 Conclusions, 301

IV Palaeoenvironments, 303

10 The instrumental era: calibration and validation ofproxy-environment relationships, 305

10.1 Available instrumental and derived series, 306

10.2 Methodologies, 311

10.3 Case studies of calibrated speleothem proxies, 316

10.4 Questions raised and future directions, 323

11 The Holocene epoch: testing the climate and environmentalproxies, 324

11.1 A brief overview of the Holocene, 325

11.2 The past millennium, 327

11.3 Holocene environmental changes: speleothem responses, 334

11.4 Questions raised and future directions, 351

12 The Pleistocene and beyond, 353

12.1 Pleistocene proxy records (ice-age climate fl uctuationsdefined and drawn), 353

12.2 Insights into pre-Quaternary palaeoenvironments, 361

12.3 Questions raised and looking to the future, 365

APPENDIX 1 Archiving speleothems and speleothem data, 368

References, 371

Index, 421

关于作者

Ian Fairchild was originally a geologist, then more
specifically a sedimentologist, morphing into a physical geographer
with leanings to environmental chemistry, before putting more
geology back in the mix. Hence, he is now Professor of
Geosystems at the University of Birmingham, UK, researching both on
modern environments and interpreting those in deep time, with
carbonates, waters and climates as linking themes.

Andy Baker was trained as a physical geographer, and
worked at the interface of geology, physical geography, and
environmental engineering. He is currently a Professor at
the University of New South Wales and a chief investigator in
Australia’s National Centre for Groundwater Research and
Training.
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