Environmental change in the Adriatic region over the last 365 kyr from episodic deposition of Modrič Cave (Croatia) speleothems

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dc.contributor.authorSurić, Men_AU
dc.contributor.authorLončarić, Ren_AU
dc.contributor.authorColumbu, Aen_AU
dc.contributor.authorBajo, Pen_AU
dc.contributor.authorLončar, Nen_AU
dc.contributor.authorDrysdale, RNen_AU
dc.contributor.authorHellstrom, JCen_AU
dc.date.accessioned2023-10-20T02:26:33Zen_AU
dc.date.available2023-10-20T02:26:33Zen_AU
dc.date.issued2019-07-25en_AU
dc.date.statistics2023-03-24en_AU
dc.description.abstractThe Adriatic Sea, as the northernmost and practically landlocked part of the Mediterranean Sea, is influenced by both Atlantic and Mediterranean air masses, so the isotopic records from coastal cave speleothems are expected to reveal local and regional responses to global climate changes on that bordering region. In this study we present a 365-kyr long composite isotopic record of three speleothems from Modrič Cave located 120 m from the shoreline on the central part of the eastern Adriatic coast. Results of a 4-year monitoring program of the surface and cave microclimate, rain and drip water stable isotope composition and rain and drip intensities, show cave air temperature variations within 1 °C, a relative humidity of 100%, dripwater O and H stable isotopic composition (range 0.4‰) very well buffered against the seasonal rainfall range (6.8‰). Such conditions enable calcite deposition without strong kinetic isotopic disequilibrium effects, as validated by Hendy tests, and give us confidence that the isotopic signal is faithfully recording climate changes. All three speleothems (MOD-31, MOD-32, MOD-33) were active, collected from their growth position, so Holocene signals can be traced in all of them. Within their older parts, U-Th dating reveals the following growth periods: MOD-31 from MIS 10 to MIS 7, MOD-32 from MIS 4 to MIS 2, and MOD-33 from MIS 6 to MIS 5. Relatively large δ18O and δ13C ranges (-8.16‰ – -2.97‰ and -13.11‰ – -1.00‰, respectively) indicate significant environmental changes whose comparison with stable isotope time series of adjacent speleothem records and other regional proxies provides the longest eastern Adriatic speleothem-based record. © 2019 The Authors.en_AU
dc.identifier.citationSurić, M., Lončarić, R., Columbu, A., Bajo, O., Lončar, N., Drysdale, R. N., & Hellstrom, J. C. (2019). Environmental change in the Adriatic region over the last 365 kyr from episodic deposition of Modrič Cave (Croatia) speleothems . Paper presented to the presented to the 20th INQUA Congress 25th - 31st July 2019, Dublin, Ireland. Retrieved from: https://virtual.oxfordabstracts.com/#/event/public/574/submission/1344en_AU
dc.identifier.urihttps://virtual.oxfordabstracts.com/#/event/public/574/submission/1344en_AU
dc.identifier.urihttps://apo.ansto.gov.au/handle/10238/15161en_AU
dc.language.isoenen_AU
dc.publisherInternational Union for Quaternary Research (INQUA)en_AU
dc.subjectEnvironmenten_AU
dc.subjectCroatiaen_AU
dc.subjectCavesen_AU
dc.subjectShoresen_AU
dc.subjectStable isotopesen_AU
dc.subjectRainen_AU
dc.subjectAmbient temperatureen_AU
dc.subjectCalciteen_AU
dc.titleEnvironmental change in the Adriatic region over the last 365 kyr from episodic deposition of Modrič Cave (Croatia) speleothemsen_AU
dc.typeConference Paperen_AU
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