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U-Series Dates for Stalagmitic Flowstone E (Riss/Würm Interglaciation) at Grotte du Lazaret, Nice, France

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2017

Christophe Falguères ,
Henry de Lumley  and
James L. Bischoff
Christophe Falguères
Affiliation:
Institut de Paléontologie Humaine, 1 rue René Panhard, 75013 Paris, France
Henry de Lumley
Affiliation:
Institut de Paléontologie Humaine, 1 rue René Panhard, 75013 Paris, France
James L. Bischoff
Affiliation:
U.S. Geological Survey, Menlo Park, California 94025
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Abstract

Several samples of stalagmitic flowstone (Ensemble E) at Grotte du Lazaret (Nice, France) were dated by U-series isotopes. The results show that this speleothem began to grow about 130,000 yr B.P. and continued to about 70,000 yr B.P., coinciding almost exactly with the last interglaciation (isotope stage 5). Even though Ensemble E is not in direct stratigraphic relation with the cave deposits, this study shows that the Acheulian artifacts industry and fauna within Lazaret are older than the Riss/Wurm interglaciation.

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Quaternary Research , Volume 38 , Issue 2 , September 1992 , pp. 227 - 233
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University of Washington

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