2019
DOI: 10.3986/ac.v48i1.6782
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The contribution of condensation-corrosion in the morphological evolution of caves in semi-arid regions: preliminary investigations in the Kyrenia Range, Cyprus

Abstract: ) Edwards: The contribution of condensation-corrosion in the morphological evolution of caves in semi-arid regions: preliminary investigations in the Kyrenia Range, CyprusThe condensation-corrosion process occurs when airflow cools at the contact with colder cave walls. Condensed water becomes aggressive for soluble rocks and corrodes the walls. This process is particularly active close to cave entrances in high thermal gradient zones where external air enters caves. Condensation ap- IzvlečekUDK 551.435.84(393… Show more

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“…Furthermore, the geomorphological evidences of ancient speleogenesis can be partially lost because of weathering, speleothem deposition, sedimentation, collapses, human activity, etc (Sauro et al, 2019). There are processes such as condensation-corrosion, boosted by the presence of guano and/or warm and moist air circulation in caves, which are greatly underestimated in the shaping of caves Cailhol et al, 2019;Dandurand et al, 2019). These processes, instead, can be extremely important in the late speleogenetic stages, especially when cave passages become largely opened to the surface, concurrently erasing evidences coming from the deeper past.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Furthermore, the geomorphological evidences of ancient speleogenesis can be partially lost because of weathering, speleothem deposition, sedimentation, collapses, human activity, etc (Sauro et al, 2019). There are processes such as condensation-corrosion, boosted by the presence of guano and/or warm and moist air circulation in caves, which are greatly underestimated in the shaping of caves Cailhol et al, 2019;Dandurand et al, 2019). These processes, instead, can be extremely important in the late speleogenetic stages, especially when cave passages become largely opened to the surface, concurrently erasing evidences coming from the deeper past.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…In the last decades, numerous studies of condensation processes in caves have been published, based on their direct and indirect measurement (Auler & Smart, 2004; Cailhol et al, 2019; Calaforra et al, 1993; Cigna & Forti, 1986; De Freitas & Schmekal, 2003, 2006; Dublyansky & Dublyansky, 1998; Fairbridge, 1968; Galdenzi, 2012; Gázquez et al, 2015; Martín‐García et al, 2010; Prokofiev, 1964; Sanna et al, 2015; Sarbu & Lascu, 1997, among others). The majority of these studies focused on estimating rates of condensation corrosion (natural or visitor‐induced) or the amount of condensate accumulated in caves, in order to show their effects on cave morphology or speleogenesis or to provide explanatory models of the process itself.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…However, this subject has received more attention recently due to a better understanding of the chemical processes involved, the mineralogical evolution of guano, and the role played by bats and their guano on post-speleogenetic cave modification due to condensation-corrosion processes [e.g. 54, 55, 56, 57, 58]. Bats and their guano may influence cave development processes in different ways (Fig.…”
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confidence: 99%