Use of speleologic data to evaluate Holocene uplifting and tilting: an example from the Frasassi anticline (northeastern Apennines, Italy).

• Published in: Earth and Planetary Science Letters
• Main Authors: Mariani, S., Mainiero, M., Barchi, M., van der Borg, K., Vonhof, H.B., Montanari, A.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2007
• Subjects: Tilting; Anguilla anguilla
• Online Access: https://research.vu.nl/en/publications/a0750232-6a5a-4a20-b554-0c2817d377ce; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2007.02.045

Deep inside the Frasassi cave complex in the foreland fold and thrust belt of the northeastern Apennines (central Italy), the remains of hundreds of eels (Anguilla anguilla) are found scattered on the shores of phreatic lakes up to 5 m above the water table. These sub-fossil eels, and the speleothem...