U.S.-Czech Paleoclimate and Mineral Magnetic Research on Cave Sediments from the Moravian Karst, Czech Republic

这个由密歇根理工大学的吉米·迪尔博士和捷克地质调查局的雅罗斯拉夫·卡德莱克博士合作开展的美捷合作研究项目将包括测量洞穴沉积物中磁性颗粒的数量、类型和粒度的变化。研究人员打算从Spiralka洞穴的内部洪水沉积物和Kulna洞穴的入口沉积物中获得这些磁性数据、碳14日期和花粉分析，这两个洞穴都位于捷克共和国的摩拉维亚喀斯特。结果将有助于解释中欧其他洞穴沉积物的测量结果，并最终重建晚更新世/全新世时期对全球气候变化的区域可变响应。这个地球物理和古生物学项目通过使美国和东欧的顶尖专家在共同感兴趣和能力强的领域结合互补的人才和集中研究资源，实现了推进科学知识的计划目标。＊＊＊

9507137 Diehl This U.S.-Czech cooperative research project between Dr. Jimmy Diehl of Michigan Technological University and Dr. Jaroslav Kadlec of the Czech Geological Survey will involve measurement of variations in the amounts, types and grain sizes of magnetic particles contained in cave sediments. The researchers intend to obtain this magnetic property data, carbon 14 dates, and pollen analyses from the interior floodwater deposits of Spiralka Cave and the entrance facie sediments of the Kulna Cave, both of which are located in the Moravian Karst of the Czech Republic. Results should be useful in interpreting measurements from other cave deposits in Central Europe and for eventual reconstruction of the regionally variable response to global climate change during the Late Pleistocene/Holocene eras. This project in geophysics and paleontology fulfills the program objectives of advancing scientific knowledge by enabling leading experts in the United States and Eastern Europe to combine complementary talents and pool research resources in areas of strong mutual interest and competence. ***