Analyzing climate change and surface-subsurface interactions using the Postojna Planina Cave System (Slovenia) as a model system
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DOI: 10.1007/s10113-018-1349-z
Abstract: Worldwide, there are at least 12 ILTER sites with an emphasis on karst, landforms arising from the combination of high rock solubility and well-developed solutional channel porosity underground, but the study of cave ecosystems has… read more here.
Keywords: term; system; change; planina cave ... See more keywords
The hydrologic record of karst systems: linking soil moisture to the carbon isotope signatures of soils above the Blue Spring cave system
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DOI: 10.1007/s11631-017-0171-5
Abstract: Speleothem carbonates are precipitated continuously from inorganic carbon dissolved in seepage water infiltrating from the land surface, that reflects a mixture of atmospheric CO2, respired soil carbon, and epikarst sources, each with distinct δ13C values.… read more here.
Keywords: cave system; carbon; soil moisture;
Homo naledi cranial remains from the Lesedi chamber of the rising star cave system, South Africa.
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jhevol.2019.03.019
Abstract: Excavations in the Lesedi Chamber (U.W. 102) of the Rising Star cave system from 2013 to 2015 resulted in the recovery of 131 fossils representing at least three individuals attributed to Homo naledi. Hominin fossils… read more here.
Keywords: chamber; lesedi chamber; cave system; rising star ... See more keywords
A Last Interglacial speleothem record from the Sieben Hengste cave system (Switzerland): Implications for alpine paleovegetation
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DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2021.106974
Abstract: Abstract A precisely dated speleothem isotope record from the Sieben Hengste cave system, Switzerland, reveals a Last Interglacial (LIG) climate optimum centred at 128.1 ± 1.2 ka. The oxygen isotope signal is consistent with a temperature-dominated record… read more here.
Keywords: system switzerland; record; record sieben; cave system ... See more keywords
Hydrogeology of the Sterkfontein Cave System, Cradle of Humankind, South Africa
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DOI: 10.25131/gssajg.120.3.403
Abstract: Article published in South African Journal of Geology, vol. 120(3): 403-420. Due to copyright restrictions, the attached PDF file only contains the abstract of the full text item. For access to the full text item,… read more here.
Keywords: system cradle; sterkfontein cave; hydrogeology; cave system ... See more keywords
Status update of the endemic and critically endangered cave catfish Clarias cavernicola Trewavas 1936, from the Aigamas Cave system, Namibia
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DOI: 10.2989/16085914.2020.1787125
Abstract: Knowledge of population sizes of threatened fish species is essential for formulation and implementation of effective conservation and management policies. Visual counts (VC) from two SCUBA diving expeditions during February and May 2019 were used… read more here.
Keywords: cave system; aigamas cave; cave catfish; catfish clarias ... See more keywords
Postojna-Planina Cave System in Slovenia, a Hotspot of Subterranean Biodiversity and a Cradle of Speleobiology
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DOI: 10.3390/d13060271
Abstract: The Postojna-Planina Cave System (PPCS) in central Slovenia is a globally exceptional site of subterranean biodiversity, comprised of many interconnected caves with cumulative passage length exceeding 34 km. Two rivers sink into the caves of… read more here.
Keywords: postojna planina; cradle speleobiology; cave system; planina cave ... See more keywords