Mawmluh Cave, Meghalaya, India

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Mawmluh Cave in Meghalaya, India is a significant limestone cave system internationally known as the reference site where the Meghalayan Age of the geologic time scale was formally defined.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Mawmluh Cave, Meghalaya, India canonical 2

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf cave ⓘ
karst cave ⓘ
limestone cave ⓘ
continent Asia ⓘ
country India ⓘ
geologicalSetting karst terrain ⓘ
limestone ⓘ
GSSPAgeInYearsBeforePresent 4200 ⓘ
GSSPApprovalYear 2018 ⓘ
GSSPApprovedBy International Commission on Stratigraphy ⓘ
International Union of Geological Sciences ⓘ
GSSPDefinedBy oxygen isotope shift in stalagmite ⓘ
speleothem record ⓘ
GSSPEventRepresented 4.2 kiloyear climatic event ⓘ
hasClimate humid subtropical to monsoonal ⓘ
hasGlobalSignificance yes ⓘ
hasProtectionStatus scientifically important site ⓘ
hasRockType limestone ⓘ
hasScientificDiscipline Quaternary geology ⓘ
paleoclimatology ⓘ
speleology ⓘ
stratigraphy ⓘ
hasSpeleothems flowstones ⓘ
stalactites ⓘ
stalagmites ⓘ
isGSSPFor Meghalayan Age ⓘ
Upper Holocene stage ⓘ
linked to: Holocene
knownFor definition of Meghalayan Age ⓘ
high-resolution monsoon record ⓘ
languageOfToponym Khasi ⓘ
linked to: Khasi language
locatedIn East Khasi Hills district ⓘ
Meghalaya ⓘ
locatedInCountry India ⓘ
locatedNear Mawmluh village ⓘ
Sohra (Cherrapunji) ⓘ
linked to: Cherrapunji
marksBoundaryBetween Middle Holocene ⓘ
Upper Holocene (Meghalayan) ⓘ
namedAfter Mawmluh village ⓘ
nearestMajorCity Shillong ⓘ
partOf Meghalaya Plateau karst ⓘ
linked to: Shillong Plateau
region Northeast India ⓘ
stratigraphicUnit Global Boundary Stratotype Section and Point ⓘ
tourismType adventure tourism ⓘ
geoheritage tourism ⓘ
usedFor geochronology studies ⓘ
paleoclimate research ⓘ
speleological exploration ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Meghalayan → GSSPLocation → Mawmluh Cave, Meghalaya, India ⓘ
Meghalayan Age → GSSPLocation → Mawmluh Cave, Meghalaya, India ⓘ