Partial pressures of CO2 in epikarstic zone deduced from hydrogeochemistry of permanent drips, the Moravian Karst, Czech Republic

Author

Jiří Faimon
Monika Ličbinská
Petr Zajíček
Ondra Sracek

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Publication Date

5-1-2012

Publication Title

Acta Carsologia

Volume Number

41

Issue Number

1

Abstract

Permanent drips from straw stalactites of selected caves of the Moravian Karst were studied during one-year period. A hypothetical partial pressure of CO2 that has participated in limestone dissolution, PCO2(H)=10-1.53±0.04, was calculated from the dripwater chemistry. The value significantly exceeds the partial pressures generally measured in relevant shallow karst soils, PCO2(soil)=10-2.72±0.02. This finding may have important implications for karst/cave conservation and paleoenvironmental reconstructions.

Keywords

Hydrogeochemistry, Caves, Karst hydrology, Carbon dioxide

Document Type

Article

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

https://doi.org/10.3986/ac.v41i1.47

Language

English

Recommended Citation

Faimon, Jiří; Ličbinská, Monika; Zajíček, Petr; and Sracek, Ondra, "Partial pressures of CO2 in epikarstic zone deduced from hydrogeochemistry of permanent drips, the Moravian Karst, Czech Republic" (2012). KIP Articles. 8276.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/kip_articles/8276