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Pitfalls of multiplied 3D landforms projection: mapping deep multilevel cave systems in the Alps (Gamssteig Cave System, Göll Massif)
Mateusz Golicz and Jacek Szczygieł
- Complex ceilings, floors, and pits require flexible mapping strategies
- LiDAR yields precise 3D data but not inherently readable maps
- Cartographic generalization remains essential for communicative cave maps
- Traditional mapping remains crucial in extensive multi-kilometer systems
The dissolution and conversion of gypsum and anhydrite
Alexander Klimchouk
Why the delay in recognizing terrestrial obligate cave species in the tropics?
Francis G. Howarth
- Several factors explain why the discovery of tropical troglobionts was delayed
- Temperature and humidity are major factors in defining troglobiont distribution
- Troglobionts evolve by an adaptive shift across a cave/surface ecotonal boundary
- Subterranean species and ecosystems are vulnerable and threatened by novel stressors
- Research in tropical caves has expanded our understanding of evolutionary ecology of cave life
A world review of fungi, yeasts, and slime molds in caves
Karen J. Vanderwolf, David Malloch, Donald F. McAlpine, and Graham J. Forbes
New evidence of mid-Pleistocene glaciations in the French Jura Mountains using debris flow deposits and U/Th dating of speleothems (Verneau karst network)
Margot Vivier, Stéphane Jaillet, Eglantine Husson, Edwige Pons Branchu, and Jean-Baptiste Charlier
- Debris deposits are associated with ancient fluvio-glacial flows of Rissian glaciation
- Laminated clay deposits indicate ancient flooding in the karst system
- Speleothems surround detrital deposits and link them to the Riss (MIS 8-6)
Assessing the impact of visitors on airborne particle deposition in the Giant Gypsum Geode of Pulpí (SE Spain)
Ana Camila Mendoza, Ángel Fernández-Cortés, Fernando Gázquez, Jesús Morilla, Milagros Carretero, Jose Maria Calaforra, and David Benavente
- Study of airborne particles to assess tourism impact in the Geode of Pulpí
- Fine particles (<5>μm) remain suspended and reach deep into the Geode
- Coarse particles (>5 μm) peak inside the Geode during visiting hours
- Visitor activity introduces foreign fibers into the pristine environment
- Natural ventilation and visitors control particle dynamics inside the Geode
4D flow pattern of the longest cave in the Eastern Alps (Schönberg-Höhlensystem, Totes Gebirge)
Lukas Plan, Eva Kaminsky, Pauline Oberender, Clemens Tenreiter, and Maximilian Wimmer
- Speleogenesis of a 156 km long and 1061 m deep Alpine cave system is studied
- Arrangement of passages at two slightly inclined planes is confirmed as speleogenetic phases
- Morphological observations reveal a reversal of flow-direction through time
- According to current hydrological conditions, a dual flow is proposed
- Unlike other karst massifs in the NCA, sediments support autogenic recharge for Totes Gebirge
A cave in Miocene conglomerate: the Törökpince-Abaliget cave system, Hungary
Krisztina Sebe, Piroska Pazonyi, Márton Bauer, Bálint Szappanos, Márton Szabó, Zoltán Szentesi, Mihály Gasparik, Ákos Juhász, Luca Pandolfi, Máté Gregorits, József Haász, Ágnes Novothny, and Zsófia Ruszkiczay-Rüdiger
- A 536 m-long through cave segment developed in Miocene conglomerates
- Cave development through dissolution, collapse, and granular disintegration
- Rich Miocene, Pleistocene, and Holocene vertebrate fossil assemblage
- A cave minimum age of 0.8-0.7 Ma, potentially reaching several Ma
- A rich archive of – partly syn-sedimentary – tectonic features
The world’s deepest subterranean community - Krubera-Voronja Cave (Western Caucasus)
Alberto Sendra and Ana Sofia P.S. Reboleira
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