Sample

Vil-stm12

License : Creative Commons license CC BY-NC-ND

Site

Name : Villars

Country : France
Latitude : 45.442560
Longitude : 0.785300
Altitude : 170 meter(s)

Number of stations : 3
Number of sensors : 0
Number of samples : 35

Sampling site

Name : Painting Room
Collection method : Grab
Collection description : inactive and broken before sampling

Information

Owner : Genty Dominique

Sample characteristics

Material : Mineral
Classification : Sedimentary>Carbonate
Mineral : Calcite
Sample Type : stalagmite
Crystalline Fabrics : Number of fragments : 1

Sample Description and others measurements : Found broken on the soil of the Painting room attached to the Vil-stm13 stalagmite.
Height : 12.3 cm
Sample petrography description : The top of these stalagmites was blackish, as if burnt. Calcite is very specific showing white/porous laminée, small black particles. Phosphorus was analyzed in the top layers of the samples. Nearby, several bats structures can be seen, especially a wonderful double tin on the soil due to biocorrosion.

Dating

Climatic stratigraphy :
Dating Method : unknown
Bottom age : unknown
Top age : unknown

Mission

Mission Leader : Genty Dominique
EPOC
All mission Members : Genty Dominique,

Project

Scientific purpose : This project aims to study paleoclimatic changes in SW-France with speleothems
Scientific Program : SPELEOCLIM
Principal investigators :
Genty Dominique