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Podgrad, Sw Slovenia Speleogeneza in Sedimentaci
COBISS: 1.01 SPELEOGENESIS AND DEPOSITIONAL HISTORY OF PALEOKARST PHREATIC CAVES/CAVITIES; PODGRAD, SW SLOVENIA SPELEOGENEZA IN SEDIMENTACIJSKA ZGODOVINA PALEOKRAŠKIH JAM/VOTLIN PREŽETE CONE; PODGRAD, JZ SLOVENIJA Bojan OTONIČAR1,* Abstract UDC 551.44:551.35(497.434) Izvleček UDK 551.44:551.35(497.434) Bojan Otoničar: Speleogenesis and depositional history of Bojan Otoničar: Speleogeneza in sedimentacijska zgodovina paleokarst phreatic caves/cavities; Podgrad, SW Slovenia paleokraških jam/votlin prežete cone; Podgrad, JZ Slovenija The studied paleokarst corresponds to an uplifted peripheral Raziskovani paleokras se je oblikoval na dvignjeni periferni foreland bulge when Upper Cretaceous diagenetically imma- izboklini, ko so bili diagenetsko nezreli zgornje kredni kar- ture eogenetic carbonates were subaerially exposed, karstified bonati dvignjeni nad morsko gladino in zakraseli. Kasneje je and subsequently overlain by upper Paleocene/lower Eocene bil ta zakraseli del periferne izbokline ponovno potopljen pod palustrine limestone. morsko gladino, paleokraško površje pa prekrito z zgornje pale- Among the subsurface paleokarstic features, both vadose and ocenskimi do spodnje eocenskimi palustrinimi apnenci. phreatic forms occur. The phreatic caves/cavities include fea- Na raziskovanem območju se pojavljajo podpovršinske tures characteristic of the mixing zone speleogenesis at the paleokraške oblike značilne tako za prežeto kot neprežeto interface between freshwater (brackish water) lenses and the hidrogeološko cono. Kraške jame in manjše votlinice prežete underlying seawater. They were found in various positions cone kažejo značilnosti speleogeneze v območju mešanja with respect to the paleokarstic surface, the deepest being meteorne in morske vode. Pojavljajo se v različnih nivo- about 75 m below the surface. Three indistinct horizons of jih glede na paleokraško površje, najgloblje približno 75 cavities/caves and intermediate vugs were recognized. -
Bacterial Diversity and Function Within an Epigenic Cave System and Implications for Other Limestone Cave Systems
University of Tennessee, Knoxville TRACE: Tennessee Research and Creative Exchange Doctoral Dissertations Graduate School 12-2015 Bacterial diversity and function within an epigenic cave system and implications for other limestone cave systems Kathleen Merritt Brannen-Donnelly University of Tennessee - Knoxville, [email protected] Follow this and additional works at: https://trace.tennessee.edu/utk_graddiss Part of the Biogeochemistry Commons, Environmental Microbiology and Microbial Ecology Commons, and the Geology Commons Recommended Citation Brannen-Donnelly, Kathleen Merritt, "Bacterial diversity and function within an epigenic cave system and implications for other limestone cave systems. " PhD diss., University of Tennessee, 2015. https://trace.tennessee.edu/utk_graddiss/3543 This Dissertation is brought to you for free and open access by the Graduate School at TRACE: Tennessee Research and Creative Exchange. It has been accepted for inclusion in Doctoral Dissertations by an authorized administrator of TRACE: Tennessee Research and Creative Exchange. For more information, please contact [email protected]. To the Graduate Council: I am submitting herewith a dissertation written by Kathleen Merritt Brannen-Donnelly entitled "Bacterial diversity and function within an epigenic cave system and implications for other limestone cave systems." I have examined the final electronic copy of this dissertation for form and content and recommend that it be accepted in partial fulfillment of the equirr ements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy, -
Late Quaternary Speleogenesis and Landscape Evolution in the Northern Apennine Evaporite Areas
EARTH SURFACE PROCESSES AND LANDFORMS Earth Surf. Process. Landforms (2017) Copyright © 2016 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. Published online in Wiley Online Library (wileyonlinelibrary.com) DOI: 10.1002/esp.4099 Late quaternary speleogenesis and landscape evolution in the northern Apennine evaporite areas Andrea Columbu,1 * Veronica Chiarini,2,3 Jo De Waele,2 Russell Drysdale,1,3 Jon Woodhead,4 John Hellstrom4 and Paolo Forti2 1 School of Geography, University of Melbourne, 221 Bouverie Street, 3010 Melbourne, Australia 2 Department of Biological, Geological and Environmental Sciences, University of Bologna, Via Zamboni 67, 40127 Bologna, Italy 3 Laboratoire EDYTEM, University of Savoie, bd de la Mer Caspienne, Le Bourget du Lac cedex F-73376, France 4 School of Earth Sciences, University of Melbourne, Corner Swanston & Elgin Streets, 3010 Melbourne, Australia Received 9 June 2016; Revised 7 December 2016; Accepted 8 December 2016 *Correspondence to: Andrea Columbu, School of Geography, University of Melbourne, 221 Bouverie Street, 3010, Melbourne, Australia. E-mail: acolumbu@student. unimelb.edu.au ABSTRACT: Gypsum beds host the majority of the caves in the north-eastern flank of the Apennines, in the Emilia Romagna region (Italy). More than six hundred of these caves have been surveyed, including the longest known epigenic gypsum cave systems in the world (Spipola-Acquafredda, ~11 km). Although this area has been intensively studied from a geological point of view, the age of the caves has never been investigated in detail. The rapid dissolution of gypsum and uplift history of the area have led to the long-held view that speleogenesis commenced only during the last 130 000 years. -
Speleogenesis and Delineation of Megaporosity and Karst
Stephen F. Austin State University SFA ScholarWorks Electronic Theses and Dissertations 12-2016 Speleogenesis and Delineation of Megaporosity and Karst Geohazards Through Geologic Cave Mapping and LiDAR Analyses Associated with Infrastructure in Culberson County, Texas Jon T. Ehrhart Stephen F. Austin State University, [email protected] Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarworks.sfasu.edu/etds Part of the Geology Commons, Hydrology Commons, and the Speleology Commons Tell us how this article helped you. Repository Citation Ehrhart, Jon T., "Speleogenesis and Delineation of Megaporosity and Karst Geohazards Through Geologic Cave Mapping and LiDAR Analyses Associated with Infrastructure in Culberson County, Texas" (2016). Electronic Theses and Dissertations. 66. https://scholarworks.sfasu.edu/etds/66 This Thesis is brought to you for free and open access by SFA ScholarWorks. It has been accepted for inclusion in Electronic Theses and Dissertations by an authorized administrator of SFA ScholarWorks. For more information, please contact [email protected]. Speleogenesis and Delineation of Megaporosity and Karst Geohazards Through Geologic Cave Mapping and LiDAR Analyses Associated with Infrastructure in Culberson County, Texas Creative Commons License This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 License. This thesis is available at SFA ScholarWorks: https://scholarworks.sfasu.edu/etds/66 Speleogenesis and Delineation of Megaporosity and Karst Geohazards Through Geologic Cave Mapping and LiDAR Analyses Associated with Infrastructure in Culberson County, Texas By Jon Ehrhart, B.S. Presented to the Faculty of the Graduate School of Stephen F. Austin State University In Partial Fulfillment Of the requirements For the Degree of Master of Science STEPHEN F. -
Hypogenic Caves in Provence (France): Specific Features and Sediments
Speleogenesis and Evolution of Karst Aquifers The Virtual Scientific Journal www.speleogenesis.info Hypogenic caves in Provence (France): Specific features and sediments Ph. Audra (1), J.-Y. Bigot (2) and L. Mocochain (3) (1)* Équipe Gestion et valorisation de l'environnement (GVE), UMR 6012 “ESPACE” du CNRS, Nice Sophia-Antipolis University, 98 boulevard Édouard Herriot, BP 209, FRANCE - 06204 NICE Cédex. E-mail: [email protected] (2) French caving federation. E-mail: [email protected] (3) Provence University, France. E-mail: [email protected] * Corresponding author Re-published by permission from: Acta Carsologica vol. 31, n.3, p.33-50. Abstract Two dry caves from French Provence (Adaouste and Champignons caves) were until now considered as “normal” caves, evolved under meteoric water flow conditions. A new approach gives evidence of a hypogenic origin from deep water uprising under artesian conditions. Specific morphologies and sediments associated with this hydrology are discussed. Keywords: hypogenic karst, hydrothermalism, subaqueous calcite deposits, condensation corrosion 1. Introduction Adaouste and Champignons caves are located in Provence, in strongly folded Jurassic limestone (Fig. 1). Most explored cave systems have evolved under The first opens at the top of Mirabeau cluse where the seeping meteoric water carrying biogenic CO2 under Durance River crosses it; the second is in the scarp of the gravity flow, torrential type in the vadose zone or under famous Sainte-Victoire Mountain. hydraulic charge in the phreatic zone (Ford and William, In the two caves, most of the morphological and 1988). Except for pseudokarsts resulting in processes sedimentary features related to classic gravific origin are other than solution, few minorities of cave systems find totally absent: their origin in artesian and hydrothermal settings. -
New Middle Pleistocene Hominin Cranium from Gruta Da Aroeira (Portugal)
New Middle Pleistocene hominin cranium from Gruta da Aroeira (Portugal) Joan Dauraa, Montserrat Sanzb,c, Juan Luis Arsuagab,c,1, Dirk L. Hoffmannd, Rolf M. Quamc,e,f, María Cruz Ortegab,c, Elena Santosb,c,g, Sandra Gómezh, Angel Rubioi, Lucía Villaescusah, Pedro Soutoj,k, João Mauricioj,k, Filipa Rodriguesj,k, Artur Ferreiraj, Paulo Godinhoj, Erik Trinkausl, and João Zilhãoa,m,n aUNIARQ-Centro de Arqueologia da Universidade de Lisboa, Faculdade de Letras, Universidade de Lisboa, 1600-214 Lisbon, Portugal; bDepartamento de Paleontología, Facultad de Ciencias Geológicas, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, 28040 Madrid, Spain; cCentro Universidad Complutense de Madrid-Instituto de Salud Carlos III de Investigación sobre la Evolución y Comportamiento Humanos, 28029 Madrid, Spain; dDepartment of Human Evolution, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, 04103 Leipzig, Germany; eDepartment of Anthropology, Binghamton University-State University of New York, Binghamton, NY 13902; fDivision of Anthropology, American Museum of Natural History, New York, NY 10024; gLaboratorio de Evolución Humana, Universidad de Burgos, 09001 Burgos, Spain; hGrup de Recerca del Quaternari - Seminari d’Estudis i Recerques Prehistòriques, Department of History and Archaeology, University of Barcelona, 08007 Barcelona, Spain; iLaboratorio de Antropología, Departamento de Medicina Legal, Toxicología y Antropología Física, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Granada, 18010 Granada, Spain; jCrivarque - Estudos de Impacto e Trabalhos Geo-Arqueológicos Lda, -
Evolution of the Veternica Cave (Medvednica Mountain, Croatia) Drainage System: Insights from the Distribution and Dating of Cave Deposits
Smith ScholarWorks Geosciences: Faculty Publications Geosciences 2011 Evolution of the Veternica Cave (Medvednica Mountain, Croatia) Drainage System: Insights from the Distribution and Dating of Cave Deposits Damir Lacković Croatian Natural History Museum Bosiljka Glumac Smith College, [email protected] Yemane Asmerom University of New Mexico Andrej Stroj Croatian Geological Survey Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarworks.smith.edu/geo_facpubs Part of the Geology Commons Recommended Citation Lacković, Damir; Glumac, Bosiljka; Asmerom, Yemane; and Stroj, Andrej, "Evolution of the Veternica Cave (Medvednica Mountain, Croatia) Drainage System: Insights from the Distribution and Dating of Cave Deposits" (2011). Geosciences: Faculty Publications, Smith College, Northampton, MA. https://scholarworks.smith.edu/geo_facpubs/93 This Article has been accepted for inclusion in Geosciences: Faculty Publications by an authorized administrator of Smith ScholarWorks. For more information, please contact [email protected] Geologia Croatica 64/3 213–221 6 Figs. 2 Tabs. Zagreb 2011 213 Lacković et al.: Evolution of the Veternica cave (Medvednica Mountain, Croatia) drainage system... Evolution of the Veternica Cave (Medvednica Mountain, Croatia) drainage system: insights from the distribution and dating of cave deposits Damir Lacković1, Bosiljka Glumac2, Yemane Asmerom3 & Andrej Stroj4 1Croatian Natural History Museum, Zagreb, Croatia; ([email protected]) 2Department of Geosciences, Smith College, Northampton, Massachusetts 01063, USA; ([email protected]) 3Deptartment of Earth & Planetary Sciences, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA; ([email protected]) 4Croatian Geological Survey, Zagreb, Croatia; ([email protected]) doi: 104154/gc.2011.18 GeologiaGeologia CroaticaCroatica AB STRA CT Detailed fi eld examination, U-Th age dating, and stable isotope analysis of Veternica fl owstone and shelfstone de- posits have been employed in order to unravel details about the geological history of Veternica Cave (Medvednica Mountain, Croatia). -
Religion 3 Second Edition Cabasilas, Lindsay Jones Nicholas Editor in Chief
ENCYCLOPEDIA OF RELIGION 3 SECOND EDITION CABASILAS, LINDSAY JONES NICHOLAS EDITOR IN CHIEF CYRUS II MACMILLAN REFERENCE USA An imprint of Thomson Gale, a part of The Thomson Corporation THOMSON THOMSON GAL•• E Encyclopedia of Religion. Second Edition Lindsay Jones, Editor in Chief © 2005 Thomson Gale, a part of The For permission to use material from this Since this page cannot legibly accommodate Thomson Corporation. product, submit your request via Web at all copyright notices, the acknowledgments http://www.gale-edit.com/permissions. or you constitute an extension of the copyright Thomson, Star Logo and Macmillan Reference may download our Permissions Request form notice. USA are trademarks and Gale is a registered and submit your request by fax or mail to: trademark used herein under license. While every effort has been made to Permissions ensure the reliability of the information pre- For more information, contact Thomson Gale sented in this publication, Thomson Gale Macmillan Reference USA 27500 Drake Rd. does not guarantee the accuracy of the data An imprint of Thomson Gale Farmington Hills, MI 48331-3535 contained herein. Thomson Gale accepts no 27500 Drake Rd. Permissions Hotline: payment for listing; and inclusion in the pub- Farmington, Hills, MI 48331-3535 248-699-8006 or 800-877-4253 ext. 8006 lication of any organization, agency, institu- Or you can visit our Internet site at Fax: 248-699-8074 or 800-762-4058 tion, publication, service, or individual does http://www.gale.com not imply endorsement of the editors or pub- lisher. Errors brought to the attention of the ALL RIGHTS RESERVED publisher and verified to the satisfaction of No part of this work covered by the copyright the publisher will be corrected in future hereon may be reproduced or used in any editions. -
The Caves of Giggleswick Scar – Examples of Deglacial Speleogenesis?
Cave and Karst Science, Vol.42, No.1, (2015) 42–53 © British Cave Research Association 2015 Transactions of the British Cave Research Association ISSN 1356-191X The caves of Giggleswick Scar – examples of deglacial speleogenesis? Phillip J MURPHY 1, Trevor L FAULKNER 2, Thomas C LORD 3, and John A THORP 4 1 School of Earth and Environment, University of Leeds, LS2 9JT, UK. e-mail: [email protected] 2 Limestone Research Group, Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham, B15 2TT, UK. e-mail: [email protected] 3 Lower Winskill, Langcliffe, Settle, BD24 9PZ, UK. e-mail: [email protected] 4 5 Holme Park, High Bentham, Lancaster, LA2 7ND, UK. e-mail: [email protected] Abstract: The prominent Giggleswick Scar at the South Craven Fault extremity of the Carboniferous limestone of the Askrigg Block in North Yorkshire, UK, contains relict phreatic caves whose speleogenesis is enigmatic. This paper examines the local geomorphological evidence and proposes that some, but not necessarily all, karst features along and above the Scar formed after the Last Glacial Maximum. Building on a previous deglacial model for the Yorkshire Dales, it is hypothesized that inception fractures and bedding plane partings were created during isostatic uplift. These were then likely enlarged by dissolution in cold unsaturated meltwater beneath a local flowing deglacial ice- dammed lake that formed initially at an altitude of c.300m, with a catchment area of c. 2km2. Rising cupolas outside Gully Cave were probably formed at c. 18ka BP by meltwater flowing up into a moulin within the ice, which continued to be cold-based farther south. -
Basque Mythology
Center for Basque Studies Basque Classics Series, No. 3 Selected Writings of José Miguel de Barandiarán: Basque Prehistory and Ethnography Compiled and with an Introduction by Jesús Altuna Translated by Frederick H. Fornoff, Linda White, and Carys Evans-Corrales Center for Basque Studies University of Nevada, Reno Reno, Nevada This book was published with generous financial support obtained by the Association of Friends of the Center for Basque Studies from the Provincial Government of Bizkaia. Basque Classics Series, No. Series Editors: William A. Douglass, Gregorio Monreal, and Pello Salaburu Center for Basque Studies University of Nevada, Reno Reno, Nevada 89557 http://basque.unr.edu Copyright © by the Center for Basque Studies All rights reserved. Printed in the United States of America. Cover and series design © by Jose Luis Agote. Cover illustration: Josetxo Marin Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Barandiarán, José Miguel de. [Selections. English. ] Selected writings of Jose Miguel de Barandiaran : Basque prehistory and ethnography / compiled and with an introduction by Jesus Altuna ; transla- tion by Frederick H. Fornoff, Linda White, and Carys Evans-Corrales. p. cm. -- (Basque classics series / Center for Basque Studies ; no. ) Summary: “Extracts from works by Basque ethnographer Barandiaran on Basque prehistory, mythology, magical beliefs, rural life, gender roles, and life events such as birth, marriage, and death, gleaned from interviews and excavations conducted in the rural Basque Country in the early to mid-twentieth century. Introduction includes biographical information on Barandiaran”--Provided by publisher. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN ---- (pbk.) -- ISBN ---- (hardcover) . Basques--Folklore. Mythology, Basque. Basques--Social life and cus- toms. -
Amazing Altamira Paleolithic Cave Paintings
Amazing Altamira Paleolithic Cave Paintings www.paleolithic-neolithic.com It is no surprise to find Paleolithic cave Subspecies? paintings also in Spain. We know that homo Was the Cro-Magnon Man a subspecies? I sapiens moved about 200,000 years ago from don’t think so. But in comparison he was taller, Africa via the Middle East and finally arrived in his skull was less rounded, his jaw bones Europe about 50,000 years ago. were longer and he had a much shorter life expectancy than homo sapiens. He passed the German part of the ancient Danube valley north of the Alps where he He was a semi nomadic hunter-gatherer and left many artistic traces in numerous caves lived in comfortable huts, but not in caves. It around Ulm. But here he carved very skillful is possible that the Altamira paintings were figurines out of mammoth ivory. Also the created by Cro-Magnon people same as earliest musical instruments such as flutes Lascaux images. They really look very similar were discovered here. in art and color. Cro-Magnon Man Daily Life Only in southern France He was living in homo sapiens started to families or group paint very natural looking of families with a animals on cave walls. permanent base and Excellent examples are mobile seasonal the caves of Chauvet and hunting camps. An Lascaux just to name the organized social most important. But there culture with beliefs are many more caves and rituals was decorated by the so-called important to him. Cro-Magnon Man culture This is where the in this natural cave rich cave paintings come karst area. -
Caves in New Mexico and the Southwest Issue 34
Lite fall 2013 Caves in New Mexico and the Southwest issue 34 The Doll’s Theater—Big Room route, Carlsbad Cavern. Photo by Peter Jones, courtesy of Carlsbad Caverns National Park. In This Issue... Caves in New Mexico and the Southwest Cave Dwellers • Mapping Caves Earth Briefs: Suddenly Sinkholes • Crossword Puzzle New Mexico’s Most Wanted Minerals—Hydromagnesite New Mexico’s Enchanting Geology Classroom Activity: Sinkhole in a Cup Through the Hand Lens • Short Items of Interest NEW MEXICO BUREAU OF GEOLOGY & MINERAL RESOURCES A DIVISION OF NEW MEXICO TECH http://geoinfo.nmt.edu/publications/periodicals/litegeology/current.html CAVES IN NEW MEXICO AND THE SOUTHWEST Lewis Land Cave Development flowing downward from the surface. Epigenic A cave is a naturally-formed underground cavity, usually caves can be very long. with a connection to the surface that humans can enter. The longest cave in the Caves, like sinkholes, are karst features. Karst is a type of world is the Mammoth landform that results when circulating groundwater causes Cave system in western voids to form due to dissolution of soluble bedrock. Karst Kentucky, with a surveyed terrain is characterized by sinkholes, caves, disappearing length of more than 400 streams, large springs, and underground drainage. miles (643 km). The largest and most common caves form by dissolution of In recent years, limestone or dolomite, and are referred to as solution caves. scientists have begun to Limestone and dolomite rock are composed of the minerals recognize that many caves calcite (CaCO ) and dolomite (CaMg(CO ) ), which are 3 3 2 are hypogenic in origin, soluble in weak acids such as carbonic acid (H CO ), and are 2 3 meaning that they were thus vulnerable to dissolution by groundwater.