SPELEOTHEMS

Sample K2-2010

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Site

Country :  Lebanon
Name :  Kanaan
Altitude :  98 meter(s)
Number of samples :  2

Site sampling

Date :  2010-02-10
Sampling site name :  No name

Collect method :  Hammering
Collect method description :  Sample collected by breaking a thin flowstone covering detrital deposits

Information

Sample characteristics

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


Sample Description and others measurements :  Entire stalagmite with the summit being cut. the base of the stalagmite is a flowstone with pool rims
Height :  20.7 cm
Sample petrography description :  different cristal fabrics: translucent carbonate with columnar fabric (base), translucent columnar microcrystalline fabric (center), laminated fabric with porous layers (center and top)



Dating

Climatic stratigraphy :  MIS 6
Dating Method :  unknown

Begin age :   unknown
End age :  unknown
Mission
Mission Leader :  Nehme Carole
All mission Members : Nehme Carole,  


Project

Scientific purpose :  les spéléothèmes ont été prélevés dans le cadre du projet LIBRIS dont le responsable scientifique est M. Christophe Voisin
Scientific Program :  ANR LIBRIS
Principals investigators :  
Nehme Carole

Original archive place :  UMR IDEES

International Geo Sample Number (IGSN) :  changeme

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