SPELEOTHEMS

Sample Vil-stm8

Site

Country : France
Name : Villars
Altitude : 160 meter(s)
Number of samples : 35

Site sampling

Date : 1995-05-25
Sampling site name : Chaos Room

Collect method : Grab
Collect method description : inactive and broken before sampling

Information

Sample characteristics

Material : Mineral
Classification : Sedimentary>Carbonate
Mineral : Calcite
Sample Type : stalagmite
Crystalline Fabrics : Columnar calcite (Railsback Atlas glossary) [SPEL+]
Number of fragments : 1

Sample Description and others measurements : entire stalagmite
Height : 35.7 cm
Sample petrography description : unknown

Dating

Climatic stratigraphy : MIS 5
Dating Method : TIMS [Pangaea631]

Begin age : 117000±1482Yr / a BP
End age : 94000±6670Yr / a BP

Mission

Mission Leader : Genty Dominique

All mission Members : Genty Dominique,

Project

Scientific purpose : This project aims to study paleoclimatic changes in SW-France with speleothems
Scientific Program : SPELEOCLIM
Principals investigators :
Genty Dominique