Middle Pleistocene stratigraphy of the deposits in Za Hájovnou Cave

MUSIL, Rudolf, Martin SABOL, Martin IVANOV and Nela DOLÁKOVÁ. Middle Pleistocene stratigraphy of the deposits in Za Hájovnou Cave. Acta Musei Nationalis Pragae. Praha: Národní muzeum, 2014, vol. 70, 1-2, p. 107-119. ISSN 0036-5343.

Basic information

• Original name: Middle Pleistocene stratigraphy of the deposits in Za Hájovnou Cave
• Name in Czech: Střednopleistocenní stratigrafie sedimentů jeskyně Za Hájovnou
• Authors: MUSIL, Rudolf (203 Czech Republic, guarantor, belonging to the institution), Martin SABOL (703 Slovakia), Martin IVANOV (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution) and Nela DOLÁKOVÁ (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution).
• Edition: Acta Musei Nationalis Pragae, Praha, Národní muzeum, 2014, 0036-5343.

Other information

• Original language: English
• Type of outcome: Article in a journal
• Field of Study: 10500 1.5. Earth and related environmental sciences
• Country of publisher: Czech Republic
• Confidentiality degree: is not subject to a state or trade secret
• RIV identification code: RIV/00216224:14310/14:00074288
• Organization unit: Faculty of Science
• Keywords in English: Javoříčko Karst;Za Hájovnou Cave;Middle Pleistocene;lithology;palaeozoology;palynology;Holsteinian s.l.
• Tags: AKR, rivok

Abstract

Za Hájovnou Cave (Javoříčko Karst, northen Moravia, Czech Republic) is a unique Middle Pleistocene locality. Paleontological materiál comes from different types of sediments in superposition of fluvial deposits of the sinkhole which was active until the maximum of the Cromerian Interglacial I, MIS 19 (B/M palaeomagnetic boundary, 781 ka). Stratigraphic interpretation was based mainly on 230Th/U dating, sedimentology, study of mammal assemblages and palynology. Sediments were divided into 5 groups of layers on the basis of lithological content and character of bone preservation. The 2nd group of layers was the most important for the stratigraphy of the Middle Pleistocene deposits. Three warm stages were documented by the study of sediments and their palaeontological content. We presuppose two stratigraphical alternatives. Alternative A: warm stage III corresponds most probably to MIS 9a, warm stage II could correspond to MIS 9c, warm stage I corresponds to MIS 11. Alternative B: warm stage III corresponds most probably to MIS 9a, warm stage II could correspond to MIS 9c, warm stage I corresponds to MIS 9e. We consider all three warm stages in Za Hájovnou Cave as belonging to Holsteinian sensu lato.

Links

• GA205/04/1021, research and development project: Name: Palynologické zpracování vybraných jeskynních sedimentů Moravského a Javoříčského krasu

Investor: Czech Science Foundation, Palynological study of the selected cave sediments from the Moravian and Javoříčko Karst