Virgil GÂRBACEA¹, Ioan TANŢĂU², Olimpiu POP^1* & Marcel BENEA^2
1Babeş-Bolyai University, Faculty of Geography, 5-7 Clinicilor Street, 400006 Cluj-Napoca, Romania
²Babeş-Bolyai University, Department of Geology, 1 Kogălniceanu Street, 400084 Cluj-Napoca, Romania
^*Corresponding author: Olimpiu POP, olimpiu.pop@geografie.ubbcluj.ro

FIRST RADIOCARBON DATING OF LANDSLIDES (“GLIMEE”) IN ROMANIA

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The deep-seated landslides (glimee) have played an important role in the evolution of the landscape in Transylvania. In Romania the study of the landslides were focused principally on the morphology, the spatial distribution and the influence of human activities on the morphology and on the origin of landslides. Through the radiocarbon dating of the basal layer, the first radiocarbon age (1820 ± 30 years BP) of the landslides from Romania was established. The pollen analysis of this layer confirm the Subatlantic age for the origin of the landslide from Pădurenii (Transylvanian Depression). During this period the vegetation of the studied area was composed by open forest dominated by Fagus sylvatica. The results could identify possible period with deforestations which contributed to the landslide occurrence. A multiplication of the landslide age determination by radiocarbon dating coupled with palynological analysis could led to a better understanding of the geomorphological and climate context in which the deep-seated landslides (glimee) occurred in Romania.