Publication details
Geochemie jeskynních sedimentů Šošůvské jeskyně v Moravském krasu
| Title in English | Geochemistry of Šošůvka cave sediments in Moravian Karst |
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| Year of publication | 2002 |
| Type | Article in Periodical |
| Magazine / Source | Acta Musei Moraviae, Scientiae Geologicae |
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| Field | Geochemistry |
| Keywords | cave sediment; geochemistry; Šošůvka cave; Moravian Karst. |
| Description | Cave sediment geochemistry is still quite omitted discipline in the cave sediment research. The study of 25 samples from Šošůvka cave in Moravian Karst performed within the frame of retrieval archeological-paleontological research proved that the very useful information can be extracted even from the basic evaluation of geochemical data. According to the sediment chemical composition Šošůvka cave can be divided into two parts despite of position and type of cave sediment. First one can be characterized by relatively low content of SiO2 (around 55 wt. %) and higher content of CO2 (even more than 10 wt. %), both with high variability. Second part contains cave sediments with higher SiO2 concentration (65 wt. %), low concentration CO2 (around 5 wt. %) and relatively uniform distribution. Some other main components follow the trend of SiO2 (Al2O3, K2O, Na2O, partly MgO). |
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