{"product_id":"speleothem-science-9781405196208","title":"Speleothem Science","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSpeleothems (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 \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Speleothem Science sets high standards for any successor. It is a must-have for researchers working on karst geology and terrestrial Quaternary palaeoclimatology. For all those who always wanted to know how dripstones “grow”, why speleothems rival ice cores as top climate archives, or just want to learn the difference between a stalagmite and a stalactite: get your hands on this book.”  (\u003ci\u003eZeitschrift für Geomorphologie\u003c\/i\u003e, 1 December 2013)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“The book is comprehensive; it brings together all the relevant disciplines (geology, biology, hydrology, chemistry…) and, whichever way you cut it, Fairchild and Baker have succeeded in bringing an important subject to a wider readership.  Speleothem Science is highly recommended.”  (\u003ci\u003eDescent\u003c\/i\u003e, 1 August 2013)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“The target readership of  Speleothem Science is threefold.  First, researchers who are already working with the stalagmite archive can widen and considerably deepen their knowledge in sub-disciplines not already covered in their own training.  Second, climate researchers who are not yet working on speleothem should be catapulted to the front-end once they will have studied the book together with the relating bench mark papers.  Third, graduate students who are looking for a topic for their PhD dissertation.  They might have found their textbook.”  (\u003ci\u003eComputers \u0026amp; Geosciences\u003c\/i\u003e, 27 January 2013)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“The volume will no doubt serve as a fine textbook and reference volume.  A companion website provides access to slides of all figures and tables.  Summing Up: Essential.  Upper-division undergraduates through professionals.”  (\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e, 1 December  2012)                   \u003c\/p\u003e “I highly recommend the landmark and very thorough book \u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eSpeleothem Science: From Process to Past Environments\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e by Ian J. Fairchild, Ph.D., and Andy Baker, Ph.D., to any students and professional scientists from a wide range of disciplines, who are seeking a holistic and comprehensive examination of the many topics and areas of research and study surrounding speleothems, climate, caves, and Quaternary science.”  (\u003ci\u003eBlog Business World\u003c\/i\u003e, 8 May 2012)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003ePreface, xi\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgements, xiii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eI Scientifi c and geological context, 1\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e1 Introduction to speleothems and systems, 3\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.1 What is all the fuss about?, 3\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.2 How is this book organized?, 11\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.3 Concepts and approaches of system science, 13\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.4 The speleothem factory within the karst system, 18\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e2 Carbonate and karst cave geology, 28\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.1 Carbonates in the Earth system over geological time, 28\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.2 Lithologies of carbonate host rocks, 34\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.3 Carbonate diagenesis and eogenetic karst, 47\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.4 Speleogenesis in mesogenetic and telogenetic karst (with contributions from John Gunn and David J Lowe), 55\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.5 Cave infilling, 64\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.6 Conclusion, 71\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e3 Surface environments: climate, soil and vegetation, 73\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.1 The modern climate system, 73\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.2 Water isotopes in the atmosphere, 84\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.3 Soils of karst regions, 94\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.4 Vegetation of karst regions, 102\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.5 Synthesis: inputs to the incubator, 104\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eII Transfer processes in karst, 105\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e4 The speleothem incubator, 107\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.1 Introduction to speleophysiology, 107\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.2 Physical parameters and fl uid behaviour, 109\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.3 Water movement, 114\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.4 Air circulation, 122\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.5 Heat flux (authored by David Domínguez-Villar), 137\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.6 Synthesis: cave climatologies, 145\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e5 Inorganic water chemistry, 148\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.1 Sampling protocols for water chemistry, 148\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.2 The carbonate system, 152\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.3 Weathering, trace elements and isotopes, 156\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.4 Carbon isotopes, 173\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.5 Evolution of cave water chemistry: modelling sources and environmental signals, 180\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e6 Biogeochemistry of karstic environments, 187\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.1 Introduction, 187\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.2 Organic macromolecules, 188\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.3 Pollen and spores, 198\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.4 Cave faunal remains, 199\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.5 Synthesis and research gaps, 200\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIII Speleothem properties, 205\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e7 The architecture of speleothems, 207\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.1 Introduction, 207\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.2 Theoretical models of stalagmite growth and of stalagmite and stalactite shapes, 207\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.3 Geometrical classifi cation of speleothems, 213\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.4 Mineralogy and petrology, 223\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.5 Synthesis, 241\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e8 Geochemistry of speleothems, 245\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.1 Analysis and the sources of uncertainty, 245\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.2 The growth interface, 249\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.3 Trace element partitioning, 255\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.4 Oxygen and carbon isotope fractionation, 263\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.5 Evolution of dripwater and speleothem chemistry along water flowlines, 277\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.6 Process models of variability over time, 281\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e9 Dating of speleothems, 290\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.1 Introduction, 290\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.2 Dating techniques, 291\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.3 Age–distance models, 300\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.4 Conclusions, 301\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIV Palaeoenvironments, 303\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e10 The instrumental era: calibration and validation of proxy-environment relationships, 305\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10.1 Available instrumental and derived series, 306\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10.2 Methodologies, 311\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10.3 Case studies of calibrated speleothem proxies, 316\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10.4 Questions raised and future directions, 323\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e11 The Holocene epoch: testing the climate and environmental proxies, 324\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11.1 A brief overview of the Holocene, 325\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11.2 The past millennium, 327\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11.3 Holocene environmental changes: speleothem responses, 334\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11.4 Questions raised and future directions, 351\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e12 The Pleistocene and beyond, 353\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12.1 Pleistocene proxy records (ice-age climate fl uctuations defined and drawn), 353\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12.2 Insights into pre-Quaternary palaeoenvironments, 361\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12.3 Questions raised and looking to the future, 365\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAPPENDIX 1 Archiving speleothems and speleothem data, 368\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences, 371\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex, 421\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"John Wiley and Sons Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49529339838807,"sku":"9781405196208","price":999.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781405196208.jpg?v=1731875237","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/speleothem-science-9781405196208","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}