Open AccessTraces of palaeoseismic activity in Lednika Cave, Western Rhodopes Mts, South Bulgaria
Author(s) -
Konstantin Kostov,
Tzvetan Ostromsky
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
review of the bulgarian geological society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1314-8680
pISSN - 0007-3938
DOI - 10.52215/rev.bgs.2021.82.3.242
Subject(s) - cave , geology , prehistory , archaeology , paleontology , geography
The caves are medium favorable for preservation of palaeoclimatic and palaeoseismic records. The deformed speleothems are accepted as a modern and useful tool for the prehistoric seismicity reconstruction. The aim of this short communication is to report the presence of deformed deposits in a newly discovered cave in South Bulgaria. Fallen, displaced and broken speleothems were found in the Lednika Cave. This 1287 m long cave is located near the Lepenitsa Cave, where such deformations are well described in the literature.
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