Valley incision in the Nízké Tatry Mts. (Slovakia) estimated based on paleomagnetic and radiometric cave sediment datings

0394968 - GLÚ 2014 RIV CZ eng C - Conference Paper (international conference)
Kadlec, Jaroslav - Bella, P. - Čížková, Kristýna - Granger, D. E. - Hercman, H. - Holúbek, P. - Chadima, Martin - Orvošová, M. - Pruner, Petr - Schnabl, Petr - Šlechta, Stanislav
Valley incision in the Nízké Tatry Mts. (Slovakia) estimated based on paleomagnetic and radiometric cave sediment datings.
16th International Congress of Speleology : Czech Republic, Brno July 21-28, 2013 : proceedings. Vol. 3. Prague: Česká speleologická společnost, 2013 - (Filippi, M.; Bosák, P.), s. 94-95. ISBN 978-80-87857-09-0.
[International Congress of Speleology /16./. Brno (CZ), 21.07.2013-28.07.2013]
R&D Projects: GA AV ČR IAA3013201
Institutional research plan: CEZ:AV0Z30130516
Institutional support: RVO:67985831
Keywords : caves * caves sediments * dating
Subject RIV: DE - Earth Magnetism, Geodesy, Geography

Up to eleven horizontal cave levels occur at different altitudes in Jánska, Demänovská and Mošnická karst valleys in the Nízke Tatry Mts. Most of the caves are filled with allochthonous sediments transported from the area formed mostly by granite. The cave levels were filled with fluvial sediments in dependence on the valleys incision caused by Neogene and Pleistocene uplift of the mountain range. The fluvial sediments are intercalated with, or capped, by flowstone layers in the caves. The paleomagnetic polarities measured both in clastic and chemogenic sediments indicate the age of deposition. Based on obtained polarity data we are able to distinguish cave sediments deposited during the Brunhes, Matuyama and Gauss chrons. The paleomagnetic interpretation was partly verified by U-series datings of flowstones preserved in the sedimentary sections. Except for the horizontal cave levels located in the karst valleys, additional large cave systems were found at extremely high altitudes in the Nízke Tatry Mts. 600–700 m above the lowest horizontal cave level.
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