Corrosion of carbonate speleothems by an allogenic river inferred from petrography and a weight loss experiment : a case study from the Demänová Cave System, Slovakia

• Autorzy: Sala Przemysław , Bella Paweł

Identyfikatory

DOI

10.14241/asgp.2023.15

• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

The crystallization of speleothems can be interrupted by the invasion of allogenic water into cave passages. These interruptions were studied, both in speleothems currently submerged in an underground river and in speleothem sections, which were found at the lowermost fluvially active passage level of the Demänová Cave System. The interaction between speleothems and allogenic water, undersaturated with respect to calcite, is manifested in the presence of siliciclastic material and the corrosion of calcite crystals. The progressive development of corrosion features depends on the duration of the interaction of calcite crystals with allogenic water. Moreover, the movement of the water and siliciclastic deposition over the speleothems can influence the corrosion process. The estimated rate of corrosion, caused by the underground Demänovka River and measured by the weight loss of experimental tablets, is up to 0.029 mm/y. U-series dating indicated that the interaction of speleothems with allogenic water occurred during the Vistulian (Weichselian). The identification of corrosion episodes, caused by allogenic water, is a step towards understanding the origin of hiatuses and establishing criteria for recognition of them.

Słowa kluczowe

EN

Karst; carbonates; hiatus; dissolution; palaeoenvironment

• Wydawca: Polskie Towarzystwo Geologiczne
• Czasopismo: Annales Societatis Geologorum Poloniae
• Rocznik: 2023
• Tom: Vol. 93, No. 4
• Strony: 467--481
• Opis fizyczny: Bibliogr. 75 poz., fot., map., rys., tab.

Twórcy

autor

Sala Przemysław

• Institute of Geological Sciences, Jagiellonian University, Gronostajowa 3a, 30-387 Kraków, Poland

autor

Bella Paweł

• Department of Geography, Faculty of Education, Catholic University in Ružomberok, Hrabovská cesta 1, 031 04 Ružomberok, Slovakia
• State Nature Conservancy of the Slovak Republic, Slovak Caves Administration, Hodžova 11, 031 01 Liptovský Mikuláš, Slovakia

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