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NOBÉCOURT J.

Last name: NOBÉCOURT J.

2021 (v1)

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Hypogenic speleogenesis, late stage epigenic overprinting and condensation-corrosion in a complex cave system in relation to landscape evolution (Toirano, Liguria, Italy).

Columbu A. Audra P. Gázquez F. D'Angeli I. M.

The Toirano karst system is located in the Ligurian Alps (north Italy), around 4.5 km inland from the coastline and carved in Middle Triassic dolostone. It comprises five cave levels over a 154 m altitudinal range, specifically Ulivo (340 m a.s.l.), Colombo (247 m a.s.l.), Upper Santa Lucia (215 m a.s.l.), Lower Santa Lucia (201 m a.s.l.) and...

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2019 (v1)

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Guano-related phosphates-rich minerals in European caves

Audra P. De Waele J. Bentaleb I.

Guano is a typical deposit found in caves derived from the excretions of bats and in minor cases of birds. These organic deposits decompose and form a series of acid fluids and gases that can interact with the minerals, sediments, and rocks present in the cave. Over sixty phosphates are known and described from caves, but guano decay also often...

Uploaded on: April 14, 2023