SPELEOTHEMS

Sample Vil-stm24

Site

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

Site sampling

Date : 1999-11-06
Sampling site name : Colonne room

Collect method : Unknown
Collect method description : inactive, covered with clay and fragment of floor, next to vil-stm23

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 : 63.5 cm
Sample petrography description : unknown

Dating

Climatic stratigraphy : unknown
Dating Method : TIMS [Pangaea631]

Begin age : 114982±1670Yr / a BP
End age : 103360±4400Yr / 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