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Stalagmite Shows Ice Age Climate
January 25, 2010 | University of Arizona

Ice Age climate data has been preserved in calcium carbonate stalagmites at Cave of the Bells, located in the Santa Rita Mountains of Arizona. Findings from the limestone cave share similarities with data taken from Greenland ice cores.

Related: Similar study done at University of California, Davis.


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