Partial pressures of CO2 in epikarstic zone deduced from hydrogeochemistry of permanent drips, the Moravian Karst, Czech Republic

Authors

  • Jiří Faimon Masaryk University, Department of Geological Sciences, Kotlářská 2, 611 37 Brno
  • Monika Ličbinská Masaryk University, Department of Geological Sciences, Kotlářská 2, 611 37 Brno Institute of Geological Engineering, Faculty of Mining and Geology, VŠB – Technical University of Ostrava, 17.listopadu 15, 708 33 Ostrava – Poruba
  • Petr Zajíček Agency for Nature Conservation and Landscape Protection of the Czech Republic, Caves Administration of the Moravian Karst, Svitavská 11–13; 678 01 Blansko
  • Ondra Sracek Department of Geology, Faculty of Science, Palacký University, 17. listopadu 12, 771 46 Olomouc OPV s.r.o. (Protection of Groundwater Ltd), Bělohorská 31, 169 00 Praha 6

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3986/ac.v41i1.47

Keywords:

cave, carbon dioxide, dripwater, hydrogeochemistry, hypothetical partial pressure, karst processes, karstification model

Abstract

Permanent drips from straw stalactites of selected caves of the Moravian Karst were studied during one-year period. A hypothetical partial pressure of CO2 that has participated in limestone dissolution, PCO2(H)=10-1.53±0.04, was calculated from the dripwater chemistry. The value significantly exceeds the partial pressures generally measured in relevant shallow karst soils, PCO2(soil)=10-2.72±0.02. This finding may have important implications for karst/cave conservation and paleoenvironmental reconstructions.

Keywords: cave, carbon dioxide, dripwater, hydrogeochemistry,
hypothetical partial pressure, karst processes, karstification model.

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Published

2012-05-01

How to Cite

Faimon, J., Ličbinská, M., Zajíček, P., & Sracek, O. (2012). Partial pressures of CO2 in epikarstic zone deduced from hydrogeochemistry of permanent drips, the Moravian Karst, Czech Republic. Acta Carsologica, 41(1). https://doi.org/10.3986/ac.v41i1.47

Issue

Vol. 41 No. 1 (2012)

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Original papers

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