Fossil invertebrates records in cave sediments and paleoenvironmental  assessments &ndash; a study of four cave sites from Romanian Carpathians

Moldovan, O. T.; Constantin, S.; Panaiotu, C.; Roban, R. D.; Frenzel, P.; Miko, L.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-13-483-2016

Articles | Volume 13, issue 2

https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-13-483-2016

© Author(s) 2016. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-13-483-2016

© Author(s) 2016. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 13, issue 2

Research article

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25 Jan 2016

Research article |

| 25 Jan 2016

Fossil invertebrates records in cave sediments and paleoenvironmental assessments – a study of four cave sites from Romanian Carpathians

O. T. Moldovan, S. Constantin, C. Panaiotu, R. D. Roban, P. Frenzel, and L. Miko

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RC C4629: 'Review', Anonymous Referee #1, 24 Aug 2015
- AC C5216: 'Response to Reviewer #1', Oana Moldovan, 11 Sep 2015
RC C4780: 'Referree comments', Anonymous Referee #2, 27 Aug 2015
- AC C5218: 'Response to Reviewer #2', Oana Moldovan, 11 Sep 2015

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ED: Reconsider after major revisions (04 Dec 2015) by Katja Fennel

AR by Oana Moldovan on behalf of the Authors (08 Dec 2015)

ED: Publish as is (29 Dec 2015) by Aldo Shemesh

AR by Oana Moldovan on behalf of the Authors (08 Jan 2016)

Short summary

The paper presents the results of a fossil invertebrates study in four caves of the Romanian Carpathians, to complement paleoenvironmental data previously reported. Oribatid mites and ostracods are the most common invertebrates in the studied cave sediments. By corroborating the fossil invertebrates' record with the information given by magnetic properties and sediment structures, complementary data on past vegetation, temperatures, and hydraulic regimes could be gathered.