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Stable isotope study of the speleothems in the Modrič Cave (Croatia): A case study for the Stable Isotope Laboratory Rijeka (SILab)

Speleothems are used in climate change studies. In order to reconstruct palaeo-environmental settings on the eastern Adriatic coast during the Late Pleistocene and Holocene, stable isotope analyses of carbonate speleothems, of rain and of drip water in the Modrič Cave were conducted. In this investigation an estimate of the equilibrium isotope condition during the formation of paleothems is required. The cave is situated 120 m from the Adriatic coast in the Southern part of Croatia at an altitude of 32 m a.s.l. Due to its position of the SW slope of the Dinaric mountain range, the Mediterranean climatic influence (humid, hot summers, moderate winters) is dominant. The precipitation is about 1200 mm/a.

climate change studies ; Adriatic coast ; stable isotope analyses of carbonate ; equilibrium isotope condition ; speleothems

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