Caves of the Făgăras Mountains

Quaternary environmental evolution in the South Carpathians reconstructed from glaciokarst geomorphology and sedimentary archives

“…where n is the number of calculated height range values (here, n = 5), H i is the value of each calculated item (i.e., the cirque height), and T is (Silvășanu, 1982;Giurgiu, 1990;Drăgușin et al, 2019); C. Geological and topographic setting of Mușeteica marble karst in the Făgăraș Mountainsmodified from Schuster (1977); CNES/Airbus satellite image courtesy of Environmental Systems Research Institute (ESRI).…”

“…The karst morphology of the Mușeteica glacial valley was preliminarily 142 investigated by Mihai and Moldoveanu (2006). These karst landforms (Drăgușin et al, 2019). Average precipitation amount is~1300 mm/y, 149 and snow cover usually persists from November until June.…”

“…A. Geographic setting of the Făgăraș Mountains (terrain map created from SRTM3 data, courtesy of USGS); Inset showing the location of the South Carpathians (SC) in Europe; B. Geological map of the Făgăraș Mountains modified from Dessila-Codarcea et al (1968) and location of marble caves(Silvășanu, 1982;Giurgiu, 1990;Drăgușin et al, 2019); C. Geological and topographic setting of Mușeteica marble karst in the Făgăraș Mountainsmodified fromSchuster (1977); CNES/Airbus satellite image courtesy of Environmental Systems Research Institute (ESRI).…”