Venezuelan sandstone caves: a new view on their genesis, hydrogeology and speleothems

Venezuelan sandstone caves: a new view on their genesis, hydrogeology and speleothems

Caves in arenites of the Roraima Group in Venezuela have been explored on the Chimantá and Roraima plateaus (tepuis). Geological and geomorphological research showed that the most feasible method of caves genesis was the winnowing and erosion of unlithified or poorly lithified arenites. The unlithif...

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Main Authors: Roman Aubrecht, Tomáš Lánczos, Branislav Šmída, Charles Brewer-Carías, Federico Mayoral, Ján Schlögl, Marek Audy, Lukáš Vlček, Lubomír Kováčik, Miloš Gregor
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Croatian Geological Survey 2008-12-01
Series:Geologia Croatica
Subjects:
speleology, tepuis, Venzuela, sandstone caves, siliceous speleothems, microbialites, cyanobacteria, stromatolites, hydrogeochemistry
Online Access:http://www.geologia-croatica.hr/ojs/index.php/GC/article/view/36

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