Cave clastic sediments and implications for speleogenesis: New insights from the Mugnano Cave (Montagnola Senese, Northern Apennines, Italy)

Cave deposits and sedimentary processes in Cova des Pas de Vallgornera (Mallorca, Western Mediterranean)

“…All these articles make new contributions to the growing interest demonstrated during the last years in the study of cave sediments among geoscientists (Sasowsky & Mylroie, 2004;White, 2007;Šroubek et al, 2007;van Hengstum et al, 2010;Martini, 2011;Krajcarz et al, 2013;Springer et al, 2014;among others), and the role of sediments in speleogenesis (Farrant & Smart, 2011). Related to coastal settings, where sea level oscillation and paleoclimatic and hydrologic implications are object of special interest (van Hengstum et al, 2010(van Hengstum et al, , 2011, different areas have been considered: the Balearic Islands , Yucatan Peninsula (Gabriel et al, 2009;van Hengstum et al, 2010), Belize (Polk et al, 2007), Florida (Polk et al, 2013), Bahamas (Kovacs et al, 2013), or Bermuda (Thomas et al, 1991;Hearty et al, 2004;van Hengstum & Scott, 2009, 2012.…”

The stratigraphy of the Sima de los Huesos (Atapuerca, Spain) and implications for the origin of the fossil hominin accumulation

“…In general terms, the lithostratigraphic units can also be grouped into different categories based on the origin of the sediment e.g. autochthonous, allochthonous and organic (Bosch and White, 2004;White, 2007;Martini, 2011;Iacoviello and Martini, 2012), the energy of the sedimentary process and its genetic relationship (depositional sequences). Due to the strong erosional boundaries (unconformities) occurring within the investigate cave infill, the different lithological units have been grouped based on allostratigraphy.…”

“…Due to the strong erosional boundaries (unconformities) occurring within the investigate cave infill, the different lithological units have been grouped based on allostratigraphy. In endokarst infillings, allostratigraphy e based on bodies of sedimentary rock defined and identified by its bounding unconformities e is a useful tool for delimiting, correlating and interpreting different lithological units, especially when they may be of similar composition (NACSN, 2005;Ghinassi et al, 2009;Hunt et al, 2010;Martini, 2011). Allostratigraphy also provides an objective method for grouping sediment units that contain genetically related but heterogeneous sedimentary deposits, delimited by discontinuities of time-stratigraphical significance.…”

Application of Ground Penetrating Radar Supported by Mineralogical-Geochemical Methods for Mapping Unroofed Cave Sediments

“…Clastic cave sediments that encompass autochthonous and allochthonous cave sediments [14] have been the subject of many studies because they are important in paleoclimatic and paleogeographic reconstructions and help us understand the relationship between sedimentary and speleogenetic processes [14][15][16][17][18][19]. Although the objective of this paper is not to study the origin of the cave sediments, it should be noted that cave sediments can be of autogenic (originating from the cave) or allogenic (surface material transported with the stream flow) origin and are not homogeneous throughout the cave [20].…”