SPELEOTHEMS

PALEOCLIMATE - ARCHEOLOGY - SITE MONITORING

Sample Vil-stm15

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Site

Country :  France
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Altitude :  155 meter(s)
Number of samples :  34

Site sampling

Date :  1995-09-02
Sampling site name :  North Galleries

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

Information

Sample characteristics

Material :  Minérale
Classification :  Sedimentary>Carbonate
Mineral :  Calcite
Sample Type :  stalagmite
Crystalline Fabrics :  Columnar calcite (Railsback Atlas glossary) [SPEL+]
Number of fragments :  5


Sample Description and others measurements :  entire stalagmite
Height :  65.7 cm
Sample petrography description :  unknown



Dating

Climatic stratigraphy :  Pleistocene sup/MIS 3
Dating Method :  TIMS [Pangaea631]

Begin age :   46.6±4.7Yr / a BP
End age :  52.2±2.1Yr / 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

Original archive place :  EPOC

International Geo Sample Number (IGSN) :  changeme

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