SPELEOTHEMS

PALEOCLIMATE - ARCHEOLOGY - SITE MONITORING

Sample

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Site

Country :  France
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">Chauvet
Altitude :  185.000000 meters
Number of samples :  11

Site sampling

Date :  2000-03-16
Sampling site name :  Galerie des croisillons

Collect method :  Hammering
Collect method description :  broken before sampling

Chau-stm4

Sample characteristics

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


Sample Description and others measurements :  unknown
Height :  32.9 cm
Analyse description :  unknown



Dating

Geological age :  MIS1
Dating Method :  Radiocarbon [Pangaea14092]

Begin age :   255 Yr / a BP
Uncertainties :   400 +/- 2σ error
End age :  4700 Yr / a BP
Uncertainties :   700 +/- 2σ error
Mission
Mission Leader :  Genty Dominique
All mission Members  EPOC


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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