Sample

Vil-stm13

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 , broken before sampling and welded to Vil-stm12

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 : Entire stalagmite that was found on the floor of the Painting room, attached to Vil-stm12 (smaller). Top is covered by a black layer, likely due to fire and/or bat droppings.
Height : 22.7 cm
Sample petrography description : It is coposed of white / porous layers, wher many small black particles can be found (Mn). Phosporous was found in the top layers of the stalagmite, possibly due to bat activity (was not mentioned in our 1997 publication) which seems to have been important in the part of the cave (corrosion figures, wonderful double tin on the floor).

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

Original archive place : EPOC

International Geo Sample Number (IGSN) : changeme

Name	File Type	Action
VIL-STM13_SEM.XLS	application/vnd.ms-excel
Villars-samples-location-Vil-stm13.pptx	application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.presentationml.presentation
Genty-1997-Quaternaire-1142-2904_1997_num_8_2_1569.pdf	application/pdf