dc.contributor.author | Munroe, Jeffrey | |
dc.contributor.author | Kimble, Kristin | |
dc.contributor.author | Spötl, Christoph | |
dc.contributor.author | Serrato Marks, Gabriela | |
dc.contributor.author | Mcgee, David | |
dc.contributor.author | Herron, David | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2021-12-06T13:42:01Z | |
dc.date.available | 2021-10-27T19:56:45Z | |
dc.date.available | 2021-12-06T13:42:01Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2021 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/133805.2 | |
dc.description.abstract | <jats:title>Abstract</jats:title><jats:p>Winter Wonderland Cave contains perennial ice associated with two types of cryogenic cave carbonate (CCC) formed during the freezing of water. CCC<jats:sub>fine</jats:sub> is characterized by relatively high δ<jats:sup>13</jats:sup>C values, whereas CCC<jats:sub>coarse</jats:sub> exhibits notably low δ<jats:sup>18</jats:sup>O values indicating precipitation under (semi)closed-system conditions in a pool of residual water beneath an ice lid. Previous work has concluded that CCC<jats:sub>coarse</jats:sub> forms during permafrost thaw, making the presence of this precipitate a valuable indicator of past cryospheric change. Available geochronologic evidence indicates that CCC formation in this cave is a Late Holocene or contemporary process, and field observations suggest that the cave thermal regime recently changed in a manner that permits the ingress of liquid water. This is the first documented occurence of CCC<jats:sub>coarse</jats:sub> in the Western Hemisphere and one of only a few locations where these minerals have been found in association with ice. Winter Wonderland Cave is a natural laboratory for studying CCC genesis.</jats:p> | en_US |
dc.language.iso | en | |
dc.publisher | Springer Science and Business Media LLC | en_US |
dc.relation.isversionof | 10.1038/S41598-021-85658-9 | en_US |
dc.rights | Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license | en_US |
dc.rights.uri | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ | en_US |
dc.source | Scientific Reports | en_US |
dc.title | Cryogenic cave carbonate and implications for thawing permafrost at Winter Wonderland Cave, Utah, USA | en_US |
dc.type | Article | en_US |
dc.contributor.department | Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences | en_US |
dc.relation.journal | Scientific Reports | en_US |
dc.eprint.version | Final published version | en_US |
dc.type.uri | http://purl.org/eprint/type/JournalArticle | en_US |
eprint.status | http://purl.org/eprint/status/PeerReviewed | en_US |
dc.date.updated | 2021-09-17T14:21:26Z | |
dspace.orderedauthors | Munroe, J; Kimble, K; Spötl, C; Marks, GS; McGee, D; Herron, D | en_US |
dspace.date.submission | 2021-09-17T14:21:27Z | |
mit.journal.volume | 11 | en_US |
mit.journal.issue | 1 | en_US |
mit.license | PUBLISHER_CC | |
mit.metadata.status | Publication Information Needed | en_US |