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This paper describes the results of geomorphological, sedimentological and ¹⁴C analyses of Late Holocene fluvial sequences in the Moldova River Valley of Romania. This river originates from the Carpathians mountains and is known for the extent of its large floodplain and sediment thickness. Between the Molid and Timişeşti localities (river length: 86km), numerous large fossil trunks of oak, poplar and beech trees are exposed in the riverbanks. Six wood samples were selected for radiocarbon absolute dating (conventional method), and their ages ranged from 410 to 3200calyrs. BP. The thickness of the alluvial sediments above the sampled fossil trunks varied between 2 and 3m, and these sediments predominantly consisted of coarse gravel materials that had similar granulometry to sediments that were present in the modern riverbed. Additionally, in the same investigated areas, successive floodplain cross …