scholarly journals Rainfall recharge thresholds in a subtropical climate determined using a regional cave drip water monitoring network

2020 ◽  
Vol 587 ◽  
pp. 125001 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andy Baker ◽  
Romane Berthelin ◽  
Mark O. Cuthbert ◽  
Pauline C. Treble ◽  
Andreas Hartmann ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Monitoring Network ◽  
Water Monitoring ◽  
Subtropical Climate ◽  
Drip Water ◽  
Cave Drip Water ◽  
Rainfall Recharge

scholarly journals A New Automatic Monitoring Network of Surface Waters in Greece: Preliminary Data Quality Checks and Visualization

Hydrology ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 33
Author(s):  
Yiannis Panagopoulos ◽  
Anna Konstantinidou ◽  
Konstantinos Lazogiannis ◽  
Anastasios Papadopoulos ◽  
Elias Dimitriou
Keyword(s):  
Data Quality ◽  
Surface Waters ◽  
Data Dissemination ◽  
Monitoring Program ◽  
Monitoring Network ◽  
Automatic Monitoring ◽  
Water Monitoring ◽  
Marine Research ◽  
Management Actions ◽  
Quality Checks

The monitoring of surface waters is of fundamental importance for their preservation under good quantitative and qualitative conditions, as it can facilitate the understanding of the actual status of water and indicate suitable management actions. Taking advantage of the experience gained from the coordination of the national water monitoring program in Greece and the available funding from two ongoing infrastructure projects, the Institute of Inland Waters of the Hellenic Centre for Marine Research has developed the first homogeneous real-time network of automatic water monitoring across many Greek rivers. In this paper, its installation and maintenance procedures are presented with emphasis on the data quality checks, based on values range and variability tests, before their online publication and dissemination to end-users. Preliminary analyses revealed that the water pH and dissolved oxygen (DO) sensors and produced data need increased maintenance and quality checks respectively, compared to the more reliably recorded water stage, temperature (T) and electrical conductivity (EC). Moreover, the data dissemination platform and selected data visualization options are demonstrated and the need for both this platform and the monitoring network to be maintained and potentially expanded after the termination of the funding projects is highlighted.

scholarly journals Reconstruction of drip-water δ<sup>18</sup>O based on calcite oxygen and clumped isotopes of speleothems from Bunker Cave (Germany)

2013 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 377-391 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. Kluge ◽  
H. P. Affek ◽  
T. Marx ◽  
W. Aeschbach-Hertig ◽  
D. F. C. Riechelmann ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Variation Method ◽  
Clumped Isotopes ◽  
New Approach ◽  
Drip Water ◽  
The Holocene ◽  
Water Composition ◽  
Kinetic Isotope ◽  
Cave Drip Water ◽  
Clumped Isotope ◽  
Kinetic Fractionation

Abstract. The geochemical signature of many speleothems used for reconstruction of past continental climates is affected by kinetic isotope fractionation. This limits quantitative paleoclimate reconstruction and, in cases where the kinetic fractionation varies with time, also affects relative paleoclimate interpretations. In carbonate archive research, clumped isotope thermometry is typically used as proxy for absolute temperatures. In the case of speleothems, however, clumped isotopes provide a sensitive indicator for disequilibrium effects. The extent of kinetic fractionation co-varies in Δ47 and δ18O so that it can be used to account for disequilibrium in δ18O and to extract the past drip-water composition. Here we apply this approach to stalagmites from Bunker Cave (Germany) and calculate drip-water δ18Ow values for the Eemian, MIS3, and the Holocene, relying on independent temperature estimates and accounting for disequilibrium. Applying the co-variation method to modern calcite precipitates yields drip-water δ18Ow values in agreement with modern cave drip-water δ18Ow of −7.9 ± 0.3‰, despite large and variable disequilibrium effects in both calcite δ18Oc and Δ47. Reconstructed paleo-drip-water δ18Ow values are lower during colder periods (e.g., MIS3: −8.6 ± 0.4‰ and the early Holocene at 11 ka: −9.7 ± 0.2‰) and show higher values during warmer climatic periods (e.g., the Eemian: −7.6 ± 0.2‰ and the Holocene Climatic Optimum: −7.2 ± 0.3‰). This new approach offers a unique possibility for quantitative climate reconstruction including the assessment of past hydrological conditions while accounting for disequilibrium effects.

Cave drip water solutes in south-eastern Australia: Constraining sources, sinks and processes

2019 ◽  
Vol 651 ◽  
pp. 2175-2186 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carol V. Tadros ◽  
Pauline C. Treble ◽  
Andy Baker ◽  
Stuart Hankin ◽  
Regina Roach
Keyword(s):  
Drip Water ◽  
South Eastern ◽  
Cave Drip Water ◽  
Eastern Australia ◽  
South Eastern Australia

scholarly journals Cave Drip Water-Related Samples as a Natural Environment for Aromatic Hydrocarbon-Degrading Bacteria

2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 33 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eric Marques ◽  
Gislaine Silva ◽  
João Dias ◽  
Eduardo Gross ◽  
Moara Costa ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Aromatic Hydrocarbon ◽  
Microbial Communities ◽  
16S Rdna ◽  
Aromatic Compounds ◽  
Denaturing Gradient Gel Electrophoresis ◽  
Amplicon Sequencing ◽  
Drip Water ◽  
Rdna Sequencing ◽  
Degrading Bacteria ◽  
Cave Drip Water

Restricted contact with the external environment has allowed the development of microbial communities adapted to the oligotrophy of caves. However, nutrients can be transported to caves by drip water and affect the microbial communities inside the cave. To evaluate the influence of aromatic compounds carried by drip water on the microbial community, two limestone caves were selected in Brazil. Drip-water-saturated and unsaturated sediment, and dripping water itself, were collected from each cave and bacterial 16S rDNA amplicon sequencing and denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis (DGGE) of naphthalene dioxygenase (ndo) genes were performed. Energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDX) and atomic absorption spectroscopy (AAS) were performed to evaluate inorganic nutrients, and GC was performed to estimate aromatic compounds in the samples. The high frequency of Sphingomonadaceae in drip water samples indicates the presence of aromatic hydrocarbon-degrading bacteria. This finding was consistent with the detection of naphthalene and acenaphthene and the presence of ndo genes in drip-water-related samples. The aromatic compounds, aromatic hydrocarbon-degrading bacteria and 16S rDNA sequencing indicate that aromatic compounds may be one of the sources of energy and carbon to the system and the drip-water-associated bacterial community contains several potentially aromatic hydrocarbon-degrading bacteria. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first work to present compelling evidence for the presence of aromatic hydrocarbon-degrading bacteria in cave drip water.

scholarly journals The Influences of Hydrology on the Radiogenic and Stable Carbon Isotope Composition of Cave Drip Water, Grotta di Ernesto (Italy)

Radiocarbon ◽  
2010 ◽  
Vol 52 (4) ◽  
pp. 1529-1544 ◽  
Author(s):  
J Fohlmeister ◽  
A Schröder-Ritzrau ◽  
C Spötl ◽  
S Frisia ◽  
R Miorandi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Soil Carbon ◽  
Water Cycle ◽  
Isotope Composition ◽  
Stable Carbon Isotope ◽  
Carbon Dynamics ◽  
Calcite Dissolution ◽  
Drip Water ◽  
Soil Carbon Dynamics ◽  
Ne Italy ◽  
Cave Drip Water

14C and δ13C values of C-containing species in cave drip waters are mainly controlled by the C isotope composition of karst rock and soil air, as well as by soil carbon dynamics, in particular the amount of soil CO2 in the unsaturated soil zone and the process of calcite dissolution. Here, we investigate soil carbon dynamics by analyzing the 14C activity and δ13C values of C dissolved in cave drip water. Monthly over a 2-yr period, we collected drip water from 2 drip sites, one fast and one relatively slow, within the shallow Grotta di Ernesto Cave (NE Italy). The 14C data reveal a pronounced annual cycle. In contrast, the δ13C values do not show an annual pattern and only small interannual variability compared to the δ13C values of soil waters. The annual 14C drip-water cycle is a function of drip-rate variability, soil moisture, and ultimately hydrology.

Dating cave drip water by tritium

2010 ◽  
Vol 394 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 396-406 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. Kluge ◽  
D.F.C. Riechelmann ◽  
M. Wieser ◽  
C. Spötl ◽  
J. Sültenfuß ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Drip Water ◽  
Cave Drip Water

scholarly journals Organic characterisation of cave drip water by LC-OCD and fluorescence analysis

2015 ◽  
Vol 166 ◽  
pp. 15-28 ◽  
Author(s):  
Helen Rutlidge ◽  
Martin S. Andersen ◽  
Andy Baker ◽  
Khorshed J. Chinu ◽  
Mark O. Cuthbert ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Fluorescence Analysis ◽  
Drip Water ◽  
Cave Drip Water

scholarly journals Hydrogeochemical Responses of Cave Drip Water to the Local Climate in Liangfeng Cave, Southwest China

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xia Wu ◽  
Moucheng Pan ◽  
Meiliang Zhang ◽  
Jianhua Cao
Keyword(s):  
Southwest China ◽  
Regional Climate ◽  
Climate Data ◽  
Environmental Index ◽  
Local Climate ◽  
Drip Water ◽  
Cave Drip Water ◽  
The Difference ◽  
High Precipitation ◽  
Liangfeng Cave

Abstract The hydrogeochemistry of cave drip water is an important environmental index in cave systems, and drip water monitoring may be an essential solution for paleoclimate reconstructions. We measured the hydrogeochemical properties of the seasonal and perennial drip water and CO2 concentrations from 2015 to 2019 in Liangfeng Cave, Guilin, Southwest China. This study identified the difference in the regional environmental records in perennial and seasonal drip water. By comparing the regional climate data recorded by the drip water, the results showed the perennial drip water recorded regional climate information throughout the year, while the seasonal drip water only recorded the high precipitation periods. The precipitation during the 2015 dry season was abnormally high, which not sure what index is higher than the values in other rainy seasons. This indicates that hydrogeochemistry only represents changes in precipitation and not the alternation of dry and rainy seasons during this period.

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