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Reconstruction of the Quaternary environment in Croatia using isotope methods

The project entitled "Reconstruction of the Quaternary environment in Croatia using isotope methods" supported by Croatian Science Foundation was presented. Within this research various carbonate sediments from different climate zones will be studied: speleothems from 3 locations in littoral Croatia, mountainous Gorski Kotar region and central Croatia, lake sediments from Plitvice Lakes, tufa deposits from Zrmanja River, and marine algal rims from ~8 locations along the eastern Adriatic coast. Research will be based on isotopic methods that include analyses of stable isotope ratios 13C/12C and 18O/16O in carbonate deposits, 2H/1H and 18O/16O in water, and radioactive isotopes 14C and U-Th series for dating. The expected outcome is the estimation of regional response of the environment in Croatia to global changes during the Quaternary, and of differences in response of various carbonates to paleoenvironmental changes and their correlations. The project combines groups from Ruđer Bošković Institute, Univ. of Zagreb (Faculty of Science), and University of Zadar.

Quaternary ; speleothem ; lake sediment ; tufa ; algal rims ; isotope

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