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DOI10.1016/j.geomorph.2014.09.009
Long-term erosion rate measurements in gypsum caves of Sorbas (SE Spain) by the Micro-Erosion Meter method
Sanna, Laura1,3; De Waele, Jo2; Maria Calaforra, Jose3; Forti, Paolo2
通讯作者Sanna, Laura
来源期刊GEOMORPHOLOGY
ISSN0169-555X
EISSN1872-695X
出版年2015
卷号228页码:213-225
英文摘要

The present work deals with the results of long-term micro-erosion measurements in the most important gypsum cave of Spain, the Cueva del Agua (Sorbas, Almeria, SE Spain). Nineteen MEM stations were positioned in 1992 in a wide range of morphological and environmental settings (gypsum floors and walls, carbonate speleothems, dry conduits and vadose passages) inside and outside the cave, on gypsum and carbonate bedrocks and exposed to variable degree of humidity, different air flow and hydrodynamic conditions. Four different sets of stations have been investigated: (1) the main cave entrance (Las Vinicas spring); (2) the main river passage; (3) the abandoned Laboratory tunnel; and (4) the external gypsum surface. Data over a period of about 18 years are available. The average lowering rates vary from 0.014 to 0.016 mm yr(-1) near the main entrance and in the Laboratory tunnel, to 0.022 mm(-1) on gypsum floors and 0.028 mm yr(-1) on carbonate flowstones. The denudation data from the external gypsum stations are quite regular with a rate of 0.170 mm yr(-1). The observations allowed the collecting of important information concerning the feeding of the karst aquifer not only by infiltrating rainwater, but under present climate conditions also by water condensation of moist air flow. This contribution to the overall karst processes in the Cueva del Agua basin represents over 20% of the total chemical dissolution of the karst area and more than 50% of the speleogenetically removed gypsum in the cave system, thus representing all but a secondary role in speleogenesis. Condensation-corrosion is most active along the medium walls, being slower at the roof and almost absent close to the floor. This creates typical corrosion morphologies such as cupola, while gypsum flowers develop where evaporation dominates. This approach also shows quantitatively the morphological implications of condensation-corrosion processes in gypsum karst systems in arid zones, responsible for an average surface lowering of 0.047 mm yr(-1), while mechanical erosion produces a lowering of 0.123 mm yr(-1). (C) 2014 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.


英文关键词Micro-Erosion Meter (MEM) Gypsum karst Condensation-corrosion Cueva del Agua Sorbas, Spain
类型Article
语种英语
国家Italy ; Spain
收录类别SCI-E
WOS记录号WOS:000347576300018
WOS关键词WESTERN UKRAINE ; NEW-ZEALAND ; KARST ; EVOLUTION ; CORROSION ; COASTAL ; HYDROCHEMISTRY ; CONDENSATION ; DENUDATION ; BASIN
WOS类目Geography, Physical ; Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
WOS研究方向Physical Geography ; Geology
资源类型期刊论文
条目标识符http://119.78.100.177/qdio/handle/2XILL650/187506
作者单位1.Natl Res Council Italy, Inst Biometeorol, I-07100 Sassari, Italy;
2.Univ Bologna, Italian Inst Speleol, I-40127 Bologna, Italy;
3.Univ Almeria, Water Resources & Environm Geol Res Grp, Almeria 04120, Spain
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Sanna, Laura,De Waele, Jo,Maria Calaforra, Jose,et al. Long-term erosion rate measurements in gypsum caves of Sorbas (SE Spain) by the Micro-Erosion Meter method[J],2015,228:213-225.
APA Sanna, Laura,De Waele, Jo,Maria Calaforra, Jose,&Forti, Paolo.(2015).Long-term erosion rate measurements in gypsum caves of Sorbas (SE Spain) by the Micro-Erosion Meter method.GEOMORPHOLOGY,228,213-225.
MLA Sanna, Laura,et al."Long-term erosion rate measurements in gypsum caves of Sorbas (SE Spain) by the Micro-Erosion Meter method".GEOMORPHOLOGY 228(2015):213-225.
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