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    ISSN: 1432-0495
    Keywords: Key words Tourist cave ; Human impact ; Speleothem degradation ; Biological weathering
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Geosciences
    Notes: Abstract  Human intrusion on the Cave of Marvels (southwestern Spain) has produced a series of effects on the water (fall in the level of the pools due to pumping from nearby wells), the air (increased temperature and CO2 concentration as well as decreased relative humidity) and the rock. In addition, plant colonization, favored by the lighting system, has irreversibly altered numerous speleothems. The processes of degradation are especially intense in the sectors with less air volume and limited ventilation. The analysis of the cave deposits by scanning electron microscopy and thin section analysis revealed that floral pollution constitutes one of the most aggressive agents against the calcite and aragonite precipitates, being responsible for biochemical and biophysical degradation of the first order.
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    ISSN: 1435-0157
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Geosciences
    Description / Table of Contents: Résumé: L'aquifère supérieur de la Dobrogée (nord-est de la Bulgarie) est constitué par des calcaires, des calcarénites, des sables, et probablement des calcaires dolomitiques d'âge messinien, dont l'épaisseur totale varie de 40 à 200 m. Dans la plus grande partie de la zone il est recouvert par des matériaux détritiques à faible perméabilité (loess) et à perméabilitéélevée (sables et alluvions). Des marnes et des argiles d'âges différents, selon les secteurs, constituent le substratum imperméable. L'ensemble peut être considéré comme un aquifère à fonctionnement karstique très peu accusé, à cause probablement de sa forte porosité, d'après la faible variation des debits des sources contrôlées. La nature de la couverture quaternaire joue un rôle important sur 'hydrogéochimie. Les principales sources de contamination sont liées aux activités agricoles, aux stabulations et aux usées urbaines; la teneur élevée en nitrates des eaux de nombreux puits en témoigne. L'intrusion marine, en tant que processus polluant, semble commencer dans quelques secteurs du bord orienta.
    Abstract: Resumen: El acuífero superior de la región de Dobrich, al noreste de Bulgaria, está constituido por calizas, calcarenitas, arenas y probablemente calizas dolomíticas de edad Messiniense, con un espesor total que varía entre 40 y 200 m. En la mayor parte del área se encuentra recubierto por depósitos de materiales detríticos, desde escasamente permeables (loess), a muy permeables (arenas y aluviones). Es sustrato impermeable está constituido por margas y arcillas de distintas edades. En el conjunto del acuífero, los procesos kársticos son muy poco acusados, según se deduce de la escasa variación de los caudales en las surgencias controladas. Se pone de manifiesto la importancia que desempeña en la hidroquímica la naturaleza del recubrimiento cuaterario, al tiempo que se deduce que los principales focos de contaminación están relacionados con las actividades agrícolas, las estabulaciones ganaderas y las aguas residuales urbanas, tal y como indica el elevado contenido en nitratos de las aguas de numerosos pozos. Fenómenos de intrusión marina parecen haberse iniciado en algunos sectores del borde oriental.
    Notes: Abstract: The upper aquifer of the Dobrich region, northeastern Bulgaria, is composed of limestone, calcarenite, sand and probably dolomitic limestone, of Messinian age; total thickness is 40–200 m. Most of the area is underlain by surficial deposits that include slightly permeable loess and highly permeable sand and alluvium. The nearly impervious substratum comprises marl and clay of varying age. In the aquifer as a whole karstic processes are not very pronounced, based on observations of the small variations in the discharges of the springs that have been monitored. The lithology of the Quaternary-age surficial deposits strongly influences the hydrochemistry of groundwater in the aquifer. The main sources of pollution are related to agricultural activities, corralled livestock, and urban wastewater, as indicated by the high nitrate contents of the water in numerous wells. Seawater intrusion is occuring in some eastern parts of the region.
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