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The Pârgavului Cave is located in the Vâlcan Mountains (South Carpathians) and develops in Lower and Middle Jurassic limestones. Due to various carbonate facies, the dissolution acted selectively; thus, cave passages show different morphologies. The Mesozoic tectonics events combined with the hydrogeological conditions existing during the Quaternary, created a unique imprint on various geomorphological aspect of the cave. Speleothems are present in the sub-horizontal part of the cave. The progressive incision of the underground river led to the formation of several generations of shelfstones.
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Bădescu, D., Roman, H., Bădescu, I. (2019). Southern Carpathians: Pârgavului Cave. In: Ponta, G., Onac, B. (eds) Cave and Karst Systems of Romania. Cave and Karst Systems of the World. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-90747-5_17
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