Relevance of soil-speleothem relationships for paleoenvironmental reconstructions: Example from a Holocene deposit in SW Romania

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Published: Jun 10, 2023
Keywords:
soil, clay minerals, karst, Holocene, stable carbon isotopes, speleothems

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Luchiana FAUR
Virgil DRĂGUȘIN
Daniela DIMOFTE
Ferenc Lázár FORRAY
Maria ILIE
Constantin MARIN
Cristian MĂNĂILESCU
Ionuț Cornel MIREA
Cristian George PANAIOTU
Barbara SOARE
Alida TIMAR-GABOR
Maria-Laura TÎRLĂ

Abstract

We present a multi-proxy study of a colluvium-derived soil (2.5-m deep) developed above Ascunsă Cave, in the Mehedinți Mountains, SW Romania, presumably in depositional connection with a coeval stalagmite (Faur et al., 2021). Soil samples, contiguously taken every 5 cm, were analyzed for clay mineralogy, grain size, chemical composition, magnetic susceptibility, and stable carbon isotopes.

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Vol. 1 No. 1 (2021): Special Issue: Paleoscience Advances in the Carpathians-Balkan Region
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