Progress in spelean stalagmite paleoclimatology and chronology

Abstract: Spelean stalagmite dating using thermal ionization mass spectrometry (TIMS) on the basis of U-Th disequilibrium has contributed greatly to paleoclimatology, paleo-environment, paleo-oceanology, archaeology as well as modern volcano-magmatism studies. Results of our studies on stalagmite chronology are also reported in this paper.