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

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Title in English deduced from hydrogeochemistry of permanent drips, the Moravian Karst, Czech Republic
Authors

FAIMON Jiří LIČBINSKÁ Monika ZAJÍČEK Petr ŠRÁČEK Ondra

Year of publication 2012
Type Article in Periodical
Magazine / Source Acta carsologica
MU Faculty or unit

Faculty of Science

Citation
Field Geochemistry
Keywords cave; carbon dioxide; dripwater; hydrogeochemistry; hypothetical partial pressure; karst processes; karstification model
Description 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.
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