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

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Original title:Relationship between carbon dioxide in Balcarka Cave and adjacent soils in the Moravian Karst region of the Czech Republic.
Authors:Jiří Faimon, Monika Ličbinská, Petr Zajíček
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Citation: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. (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. doi:10.5038/1827-806X.41.1.3.Export BibTeX
@article{946895,
author = {Faimon, Jiří and Ličbinská, Monika and Zajíček, Petr},
article_number = {1},
doi = {http://dx.doi.org/10.5038/1827-806X.41.1.3},
keywords = {CO2; cave; dripwater; epikarst; soil; visitors; Moravian Karst; Czech Republic},
language = {eng},
issn = {0392-6672},
journal = {International Journal of Speleology},
title = {Relationship between carbon dioxide in Balcarka Cave and adjacent soils in the Moravian Karst region of the Czech Republic.},
volume = {41},
year = {2012}
}
Original language:English
Field:Geochemistry
Type:Article in Periodical
Keywords:CO2; cave; dripwater; epikarst; soil; visitors; Moravian Karst; Czech Republic

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.

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