Corrosion morphology and cave wall alteration in an Alpine sulfuric acid cave (Kraushöhle, Austria)

Plan, Lukas; Tschegg, Cornelius; Waele, Jo Hilaire Agnes De; Spötl, Christoph

doi:10.1016/j.geomorph.2012.04.006

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“…This hiatus may be a result of the Messinian Salinity Crisis, which influenced the Vardar zone at the end of the Nerezi Formation (Pliocene Gilbert-type delta was found in Dračevo, near Skopje; Clauzon et al, 2008). In acid speleogenesis and has been recognized as a significant cave forming process in many caves around the world, such as Carlsbad and Lechuguilla caves in New Mexico (Hill, 2000), Frasassi Caves in Italy (Galdenzi & Menichetti, 1995), Cueva de Villa Luz in Mexico (Hose & Pisarowicz, 1999), Chat Cave in France (Audra, 2007), Cerna Valley caves in SW Romania (Onac et al, 2011), and Kraushöhle in Austria (Plan et al, 2012). Above the water table H 2 S escapes in the cave air and redissolves in water condensation droplets on cave walls.…”

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Hypogenic origin of Provalata Cave, Republic of Macedonia: a distinct case of successive thermal carbonic and sulfuric acid speleogenesis

Temovski¹,

Audra²,

Mihevc³

et al. 2013

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Section: Location and Geological Settingmentioning

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Hypogenic origin of Provalata Cave, Republic of Macedonia: a distinct case of successive thermal carbonic and sulfuric acid speleogenesis

Temovski¹,

Audra²,

Mihevc³

et al. 2013

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“…Indeed, the role of subaerial versus subaqueous processes in Carlsbad Cavern currently remains controversial (e.g., Jagnow et al, 2000;Forti et al, 2002;Palmer et al, 2009;Calaforra and De Waele, 2011). However, morphological evidence for subaerial corrosion including cupolas, megascallops, domes, vents, niches, notches, and other features can be found in many sulfidic caves, suggesting that subaerial SAS may be more widespread than generally considered (Audra et al, 2007;Audra et al, 2009;Plan et al, 2012;Temovski et al, 2013). In early work in Frasassi, Galdenzi (1990) proposed a model for cavern development in the Frasassi cave system in which both subaerial and subaqueous processes were important.…”

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Fate of sulfide in the Frasassi cave system and implications for sulfuric acid speleogenesis

Jones

Polerecký

Galdenzi³

et al. 2015

Chemical Geology

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The oxidation of hydrogen sulfide (H 2 S) has led to the formation of some of the world's largest caves through a process known as sulfuric acid speleogenesis (SAS). Here we present a multi-year study of the large, sulfidic, and actively-forming Frasassi cave system, Italy. We show that despite the presence of abundant sulfide-oxidizing biofilms in Frasassi streams, H 2 S(g) degassing to the cave atmosphere was the major sink for dissolved sulfide. Degassing rates ranged from 0.9 to 80 μmol m −2 s −1 , whereas microbial oxidation rates were between 0.15 and 2.0 μmol m −2 s −1 . Furthermore, microsensor measurements showed that sulfuric acid is not a major end product of microbial sulfide oxidation in the streams. Our results suggest that subaerial SAS will be important for karstification, and more important than subaqueous SAS, wherever ground waters with high sulfide concentrations emerge as flowing streams in contact with cave air.

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“…Except for the last three, the origin and development of these features have been well discussed in the literature [29,30]. Scallops are predominantly retained in the more recently developed younger surfaces while traces of it are apparent in the older hard rock surfaces, but roof avens are common to weak rock surfaces.…”

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Characterization of Macro- and Micro-Geomorphology of Cave Channel from High-Resolution 3D Laser Scanning Survey: Case Study of Gomantong Cave in Sabah, Malaysia

Idrees¹,

Pradhan²

2017

Cave Investigation

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Three-dimensional documentation of hypogene cave morphology is one of the major applications of laser scanning survey. This chapter presents applications of terrestrial laser scanning (TLS) survey for analyzing endogenic cave passage geomorphologic structure and morphometry using 3D meshing, high-resolution 3D texture modeling for geovisualization, and its potential for cave art documentation. To achieve this, multiscale resolution 3D models were generated; one using the mesh model for macro-morphological analysis and the other with the full-resolution scan to produce high quality 3D texture model for identification of micro-morphological features. The mesh model of the cave makes it possible to analyze the general shape, distinguish phreatic tube from post-speleogenetic modified conduits and carry out morphometric measurements including the cave volume and channel surface area. The 3D texture model provides true to live visualization of the cave with exceptionally high level of accuracy and details that would be impossible to obtain with direct observation by visiting the site or from the mesh model. The model allows discerning different speleogenetic phases, karstification processes and micro-morphologies such as wall and ceiling seepage, hanging rocks, fractures, scallops, ceiling flush dome, pockets, bell-hole and avens. Also, the texture model permits identifying cave arts and engravings along the passages

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Corrosion morphology and cave wall alteration in an Alpine sulfuric acid cave (Kraushöhle, Austria)

Cited by 59 publications

References 20 publications

Hypogenic origin of Provalata Cave, Republic of Macedonia: a distinct case of successive thermal carbonic and sulfuric acid speleogenesis

Hypogenic origin of Provalata Cave, Republic of Macedonia: a distinct case of successive thermal carbonic and sulfuric acid speleogenesis

Fate of sulfide in the Frasassi cave system and implications for sulfuric acid speleogenesis

Characterization of Macro- and Micro-Geomorphology of Cave Channel from High-Resolution 3D Laser Scanning Survey: Case Study of Gomantong Cave in Sabah, Malaysia

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