An updated global review of solutional weathering processes and forms in quartz sandstones and quartzites

RAL Wray, F Sauro - Earth-Science Reviews, 2017 - Elsevier
Quartz is considered one of the less soluble minerals of the Earth's crust, and thus hardly
affected by chemical weathering. Despite this, for more than forty years, it is clear that the …

Carbonates in the critical zone

MD Covington, JB Martin, LE Toran… - Earth's …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Earth's Critical Zone (CZ), the near‐surface layer where rock is weathered and
landscapes co‐evolve with life, is profoundly influenced by the type of underlying bedrock …

Whether the enhanced terrestrial vegetation carbon sink affect the water resources in the middle-low latitude karst areas of China?

H Lou, S Yang, X Shi, J Zhang, Z Pan, C Li, Y Zhang… - Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
To meet the carbon peak and carbon neutrality objectives, the middle-low latitude karst
areas of Southwest China have become popular research areas due to their rich terrestrial …

Types and settings of hypogene karst

A Klimchouk - Hypogene karst regions and caves of the world, 2017 - Springer
This chapter discusses the notion of hypogene karst, reviews its diversity and further
develops the hydrogeological approach to classifying hypogene karst and its settings. Since …

Global warming and acid atmospheric deposition impacts on carbonate dissolution and CO2 fluxes in French karst hydrosystems: Evidence from hydrochemical …

S Binet, JL Probst, C Batiot, JL Seidel… - … et Cosmochimica Acta, 2020 - Elsevier
The long-term change in surface water chemistry over time in remote areas is usually related
to global change, including several processes such as global warming and acid …

Assessing the precision of the iGrav superconducting gravimeter for hydrological models and karstic hydrological process identification

B Fores, C Champollion, NL Moigne… - Geophysical Journal …, 2016 - academic.oup.com
In this paper we present the potential of a new compact superconducting gravimeter (GWR
iGrav) designed for groundwater monitoring. At first, three years of continuous gravity data …

Valley incision chronologies from alluvium-filled cave systems

M Calvet, Y Gunnell, M Delmas, R Braucher… - Earth-Science …, 2024 - Elsevier
This review explores the potential for establishing valley incision chronologies from alluvium-
filled cave systems, and covers a total of 30 case studies since 1997. Caves in limestone …

3D electrical resistivity tomography of karstified formations using cross-line measurements

M Van Hoorde, T Hermans, G Dumont, F Nguyen - Engineering geology, 2017 - Elsevier
The acquisition of a full 3D survey on a large area of investigation is difficult, and from a
practitioner's point of view, very costly. In high-resolution 3D surveys, the number of …

Structural and lithological guidance on speleogenesis in quartz–sandstone: Evidence of the arenisation process

F Sauro - Geomorphology, 2014 - Elsevier
A detailed petrographic, structural and morphometric investigation of different types of caves
carved in the quartz–sandstones of the “tepui” table mountains in Venezuela has allowed …

Major problems and solutions on surface water resource utilisation in karst mountainous areas

L Qin, X Bai, S Wang, D Zhou, Y Li, T Peng… - Agricultural Water …, 2015 - Elsevier
Water shortage in karst mountainous areas is a difficult problem faced worldwide. Serious
surface water leakage, which is a karst characteristic, has puzzled global scientists for a long …