A high-resolution proxy record of rainfall and ENSO since AD 1550 from layering in stalagmites from Anjohibe Cave, Madagascar

• Main Authors: Brook, G.A. (George A.), Rafter, M.A. (Margaret A.), Railsback, L.B. (L. Bruce), Sheen, S.-W. (Shaw-Wen), Lundberg, J. (Joyce)
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 1999
• Subjects: Annual layers; Caves; ENSO; Madagascar; Palaeoclimates; Speleothems; Galapagos; Pacific; Soi; Ice cap
• Online Access: https://ir.library.carleton.ca/pub/1511

Two stalagmites from Anjohibe Cave have annual layers made up of inclusion-rich calcite over inclusion-free calcite or of darker aragonite over clear aragonite. Geochemical evidence indicates that the basal units are deposited slowly in the wet season and the upper units more rapidly in the dry seas...