Dynamics of sediment formation in barová cave (Moravian Karst) during the last glacial cycle
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F67985831%3A_____%2F25%3A00638925" target="_blank" >RIV/67985831:_____/25:00638925 - isvavai.cz</a>
Alternative codes found
RIV/67985912:_____/25:00638925 RIV/61389005:_____/25:00639367 RIV/00094862:_____/25:10004996 RIV/00216224:14310/25:00143298
Result on the web
<a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1040618225003246?ref=pdf_download&fr=RR-2&rr=97ff531eeb090d40" target="_blank" >https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1040618225003246?ref=pdf_download&fr=RR-2&rr=97ff531eeb090d40</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.quaint.2025.109981" target="_blank" >10.1016/j.quaint.2025.109981</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Dynamics of sediment formation in barová cave (Moravian Karst) during the last glacial cycle
Original language description
The last climatic cycle in the terrestrial environment is usually recorded in open loess sites. However, the frontal parts of caves often inhabited during the Palaeolithic occupation frequently provide valuable sedimentary archives. We propose that the most effective approach to studying these deposits is dual dating methods combined with micromorphology. Radiometric dating (14C and U-Th) coupled with analysis of sediment formation processes of the sedimentary record indicates that the intensive clearing of Barová Cave occurred at least by the end of the last interglacial, in MIS 4 and early MIS 3. During the period ca. 55-36 kyr BP, i.e., during the main phase of MIS 3, relatively slow sedimentation occurred in the open space in the cave, which created above underlying sediments by the previous clearance. The sedimentary record consists almost exclusively of osteological material showing signs of corrosion, including collagen depletion. This layer of osteological material is overlain by relatively thick clayey sediments, again with a number of animal bones dated consistently to MIS 3, representing a rapid erosional phase. This erosional phase is likely associated with the transition between MIS 3 – MIS 2. MIS 2 itself includes one of the coldest and driest periods of the Last climatic cycle, i. e. Last Glacial Maximum (LGM), which is represented in the cave record by redeposited loess showing signs of freezing. The onset of the Holocene is marked by a continuous layer of sinter. The combination of 14C, U-Th, and sedimentological and micromorphological analyses has proven to be an effective approach for interpreting the site’s formation history and its relationship to climatic changes during the last climatic cycle.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
10511 - Environmental sciences (social aspects to be 5.7)
Result continuities
Project
<a href="/en/project/EF16_019%2F0000728" target="_blank" >EF16_019/0000728: Ultra-trace isotope research in social and environmental studies using accelerator mass spectrometry</a><br>
Continuities
I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace
Others
Publication year
2025
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
Quaternary International
ISSN
1040-6182
e-ISSN
1873-4553
Volume of the periodical
748
Issue of the periodical within the volume
October
Country of publishing house
GB - UNITED KINGDOM
Number of pages
11
Pages from-to
109981
UT code for WoS article
001575047300001
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-105015762582