Assessing the palaeoclimate potential of cave glaciers : the example of the Scărişoara ice cave (Romania)

Climate change and variability. Special issue

Auteurs :
HOLMLUND, P.
ONAC, B.P.
HANSSON, M.
HOLMGREN, K.
MÖRTH, M.
NYMAN, M.
PERŞOIU, A.
SÄLLSKAPET, S.

Description :
The AA. report the first results of an on-going study carried out on a 22.5 m ice core recovered from this ice cave, and preserved due to unusual climate and permafrost conditions within the cave. Approximately 200 ice layers have been identified by visual examination. Ice crystallographic analyses indicate a steady growth of ice crystals with depth and there is no sign of deformation. C 14 dates on wood-related samples collected from a natural vertical exposure of the ice block indicate that the ice spans more than 1000 years. Observations on the exposure indicate that a basal melting phase may have occurred in the past.


Type de document :
Article de monographie

Source :
Geografiska annaler. Series A. Physical geography, issn : 0435-3676, 2005, vol. 87, n°. 1, p. 193-201, nombre de pages : 9, Collation : Illustration, Références bibliographiques : 16 ref.

Date :
2005

Editeur :
Pays édition : Suede, Stockholm, Svenska sällskapet för antropologi och geografi