Relationship between carbon dioxide in Balcarka Cave and adjacent soils in the Moravian Karst region of the Czech Republic.

FAIMON, Jiří, Monika LIČBINSKÁ and Petr ZAJÍČEK. Relationship between carbon dioxide in Balcarka Cave and adjacent soils in the Moravian Karst region of the Czech Republic. International Journal of Speleology. Union Internationale de Spéléologie, 2012, vol. 41, No 1, p. 17-28. ISSN 0392-6672. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.5038/1827-806X.41.1.3.

Basic information

• Original name: Relationship between carbon dioxide in Balcarka Cave and adjacent soils in the Moravian Karst region of the Czech Republic.
• Authors: FAIMON, Jiří (203 Czech Republic, guarantor), Monika LIČBINSKÁ (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution) and Petr ZAJÍČEK (203 Czech Republic).
• Edition: International Journal of Speleology, Union Internationale de Spéléologie, 2012, 0392-6672.

Other information

• Original language: English
• Type of outcome: Article in a journal
• Field of Study: Geochemistry
• Country of publisher: Italy
• Confidentiality degree: is not subject to a state or trade secret
• Impact factor: Impact factor: 1.344
• RIV identification code: RIV/00216224:14310/12:00057195
• Organization unit: Faculty of Science
• Doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.5038/1827-806X.41.1.3
• UT WoS: 000300416200003
• Keywords (in Czech): CO2; cave; dripwater; epikarst; soil; visitors; Moravian Karst; Czech Republic
• Keywords in English: CO2; cave; dripwater; epikarst; soil; visitors; Moravian Karst; Czech Republic
• Tags: AKR, rivok
• Tags: International impact, Reviewed

Abstract

Carbon dioxide concentration, air temperature, and humidity were monitored at (1) two cave sites and (2) three adjacent karst soils. The data over a one-year period are supported by dripwater chemistry and cave visiting frequency. The results indicate that the sources of cave CO2 are anthropogenic and epikarstic ones in addition to ordinary soils. Epikarstic CO2 produced under almost stationary conditions probably control dripwater chemistry and cave’s CO2 maxima. Based on breathing and door opening, anthropogenic activity affects instantaneous cave CO2 levels, depending on site volume/position and visitor number. A conceptual model of the CO2 dynamics of the soil-cave system is proposed. The study indicates that karst processes such as limestone dissolution and speleothem growth need not be entirely/directly controlled by external climatic conditions.

Links

• GA205/03/1128, research and development project: Name: Recentní krasové procesy: destrukce speleotém

Investor: Czech Science Foundation, Recent karst processes: speleothem destruction

• MSM 143100004, plan (intention): Name: Geologické procesy a jejich environmentální vyústění - styk variscid a alpid

Investor: Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of the CR, Geological Processes and their Environmental Impact - Contact of the Variscides and Alpides

• MSM0021622412, plan (intention): Name: Interakce mezi chemickými látkami, prostředím a biologickými systémy a jejich důsledky na globální, regionální a lokální úrovni (INCHEMBIOL) (Acronym: INCHEMBIOL)

Investor: Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of the CR, Interactions among the chemicals, environment and biological systems and their consequences on the global, regional and local scales (INCHEMBIOL)