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Grey microstructure of microbanding in thin sections of stalagmite T9501 from Shihua Cave, Beijing was studied. The types of grey and the morphologic features of organic material were classified. The signification of microbanding and annual layer was discussed. The standard distinguishing the false annual layer and the multi-year layer is set up, which provides the theoretic fundaments for paleoclimatic study.
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Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 49672134).
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Qin, X., Liu, D., Tan, M. et al. Grey characteristics of microbanding of stalagmite in Shihua Cave, Beijing and its climatic signification(I). Sci. China Ser. D-Earth Sci. 41, 151–157 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02932434
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02932434