Guest Blog: How Speleothems Are Used To Determine Past Climates?
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About author: Alex Graham is an undergraduate student at University of Newcastle, Australia. He is interested in Geology as a whole but his major interests include fluvial processes, karst systems and ocean science. During his visit to New Zealand, he has obeserved the glow worms in Waitomo Caves and spelunking in Nikau Caves. Speleothems, more commonly known
as stalactites or stalagmites, consist of calcium carbonate (calcite or
aragonite) crystals of various dimensions, ranging from just a few