| Silviu's Web Corner |
| I am currently working as a senior scientist in the Department of Geospeleology and Karst Paleontology, at the "Emil Racovita" Institute of Speleology in Bucharest, Romania and I am leading the U-series Geochronology Laboratory. My main reserch interests are: Paleoclimate reconstruction based on cave deposits: |
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| spelothem dating (U-series, both TIMS and alpha spectrometry) and statistic interpretation; calibration of Oxygen and Carbon isotopic profiles on speleothems. |
| Paleogeographic reconstructions and speleogenesis based on speleothems and travertine datings; |
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| reconstruction of Black Sea level changes during the last 700,000 years; the evolution of the Danube Gorge during the Upper Pleistocene; incision rates of some typical fluvio-karstic systems in the Carpathians. |
| Paleoecological reconstruction as derived from speleothems Carbon record. |
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| In addition to these, I am also interested in extending the U-series method of dating to non-carbonatic spelothems, such as those formed by gypsum or hematite as well as to bone and teeth remains. |
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