Speleothem-based climate reconstruction of the Scladina cave (Belgium)
A.P. van Nunen, VU Amsterdam, 29-03-2011
A.P. van Nunen, VU Amsterdam, 29-03-2011
The location of the Scladina cave
The collected data from one of the Holocene speleothems visualized in a graph
The stable isotope results for the Holocene speleothems. Especially the carbon shows very nice cyclicity.
Holocene temperature construction based on the d18O data
Left thinsection made of a Holocene stalagmite, showing nice elongated calcite crystals
Right thinsection made of a stage 5 stalagmite, showing very patchy calcite crystals
Right thinsection made of a stage 5 stalagmite, showing very patchy calcite crystals
Conclusions
Some conclusions canbe made about the patterns visible in the Holocene speleothems.
So far there is no dating available for the Holocenespeleothems. But if we are forced to put a timeframe on it, some assumptionscan be made.
The main target of the stage 5 speleothems was tolook at the quality for dating.
Looking at some of the climatic signals of the stage5 speleothems, some conclusions can be made.
So far there is no dating available for the Holocenespeleothems. But if we are forced to put a timeframe on it, some assumptionscan be made.
The main target of the stage 5 speleothems was tolook at the quality for dating.
Looking at some of the climatic signals of the stage5 speleothems, some conclusions can be made.
