Deciphering rock surface origins in a karst cave: insights from the Rača Cave, Lastovo, Croatia
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cave survey, 3D scanning, structural analysis, Adriatic Sea, Dinarides, speleogenesis, dissolution, breakdown
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This paper outlines a comprehensive fieldwork methodology for discerning the origin of rock surfaces within a karst cave environment. This methodology is particularly utilized in a cave with breakdown morphology. Using Rača Cave in Lastovo, Croatia as a case study, we explore geological and morphological features through advanced surface analysis. The approach involves meticulous measurement of rock discontinuities, joint patterns, and surface formations. Cost-efficient and time-efficient data collection and processing during field-work were undertaken with FieldClino Move and Polycam applications on smartphones. Visualization techniques were employed to elucidate the interplay between erosion, deposition, and speleogenetic processes.
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DORA, D., LAZARIDIS, G., VOUVALIDIS, K., TOKMAKIDIS, K. & VENI, G. (2023): Morphometric Analyses of Greek Caves: How Morphology Predicts Cave Origin.– Bulletin of the Geological Society of Greece, 60/1, 14–26. doi: 10.12681/bgsg.34887
DREYBRODT, W., GABROVŠEK, F. & PERNE, M. (2005): Condensation Corrosion: A Theoretical Approach.– Acta Carsol., 34/2, 317–347. doi: 10.3986/ac.v34i2.262
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FARRANT, A.R. & SMART, P.L. (2011): Role of sediment in speleogenesis; sedimentation and paragenesis.– Geomorphology, 134, 79–93. doi: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2011.06.006
GABROVŠEK, F., DREYBRODT, W. & PERNE, M. (2010): Physics of condensation corrosion in caves.– In: CARRASCO, F., VALSERO, J.J.D. & LAMOREAUX, J.W. (eds.): Advances in research in karst media. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg, 491–496. doi: 10.1007/978-3-642-12486-0_75
GARAŠIĆ, M. (1991): Morphological and hydrogeological classification of speleological structures (caves and pits) in the Croatian karst area.– Geološki vjesnik, 44, 289–300.
GARAŠIĆ, M. (2021): The Dinaric Karst System of Croatia: Speleology and Cave Exploration.– Springer International Publishing, 462 p doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-80587-6
GINÉS, J. (1995): L'endocarst de Mallorca: els mecanismes espeleogenètics/Mallorca's endokarst the speleogenetic mechanisms.– Endins: publicació d'espeleologia, 71–86.
HAMMER, Ø., HARPER, D.A. & RYAN, P. (2001): PASΤ: Paleontological Statistics Software Package for Education and Data Analysis.– Palaeontologia Electrónica, 4, 1–9.
HÄUSELMANN, P. (2011): UIS mapping grades.– International Journal of Speleology, 40/2, 15.
JOUVES, J., VISEUR, S., ARFIB, B., BAUDEMENT, C., CAMUS, H., COLLON, P. & GUGLIELMI, Y. (2017): Speleogenesis, geometry, and topology of caves: A quantitative study of 3D karst conduits.– Geomorphology, 298, 86–106. doi: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2017.09.019
LAURITZEN, S. & LAURITSEN, A. (1995): Differential diagnosis of paragenetic and vadose canyons.– Cave and Karst Science 21/2, 55–59.
LAURITZEN, S. & LUNDBERG, J. (2000): Solutional and erosional morphology of caves.– In: KLIMCHOUK, A., FORD, D.C., PALMER, A.N. & DREYBRODT, W. (eds.): Speleogenesis. Evolution of Karst Aquifers. Huntsville, National Speleological Society.
LAZARIDIS, G.T. (2022): Definition and process-based classification of caves.– Acta Carsol., 51/1, 65–77. doi: 10.3986/ac.v51i1.10611
LITTVA, J., HOK, J. & BELLA, P. (2015): Cavitonics: Using caves in active tectonic studies (Western Carpathians, case study).– Journal of Structural Geology, 80, 47–56. doi: 10.1016/j.jsg.2015.08.011
MARINČIĆ, S. (1997): Tectonic structure of the island of Hvar (southern Croatia).– Geologia Croatica, 50/1, 57–77.
MARJANAC, S. (1956): Pećine i jame otoka Lastova.– Speleolog, 4/1–2, 10–19.
OSBORNE, R.A.L. (2002): Cave breakdown by vadose weathering.– Int. J. Speleol., 31/1, 37–53. doi: 10.5038/1827-806X.31.1.3
PASINI, G. (2009): A terminological matter: paragenesis, antigravitative erosion or antigravitational erosion?– International Journal of Speleology, 38/2, 129–138. doi: 10.5038/1827-806X.38.2.4
PICCINI, L. (2011): Recent developments on morphometric analysis of karst caves.– Acta Carsologica, 40/1. doi: 10.3986/ac.v40i1.27
PLAN, L., FILIPPONI, M., BEHM, M., SEEBACHER, R. & JEUTTER, P. (2009): Constraints on alpine speleogenesis from cave morphology – a case study from the eastern Totes Gebirge (Northern Calcareous Alps, Austria).– Geomorphology, 106/1–2, 118–129. doi: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2008.09.011
SHANOV, S. & KOSTOV, K. (2014): Dynamic tectonics and karst.– Springer, 123 p. doi: 10.1007/978-3-662-43992-0
SOKAČ, B., GRGASOVIĆ, T. & HUSINEC, A. (2014): Clypeina lagustensis n. sp., a new calcareous alga from the Lower Tithonian of the Lastovo Island (Croatia).– Geologia Croatica, 67/2, 75–86. doi: 10.4154/GC.2014.06
SURIĆ, M., LONČARIĆ, R. & LONČAR, N. (2010): Submerged caves of Croatia: distribution, classification and origin.– Environmental Earth Sciences, 61, 1473–1480. doi: 10.1007/s12665-010-0463-0
SZCZYGIEŁ, J., SOBCZYK, A., MACIEJEWSKI, M. & FERNANDEZ, O. (2022): Variscan vs. Alpine structural controls: Karstic proto-conduit development within Palaeozoic marble post-conditioned by Alpine faulting (the Niedźwiedzia Cave, NE Bohemian Massif).– Geomorphology, 415, 108423. doi: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2022.108423
VLAHOVIĆ, I., TIŠLJAR, J., VELIĆ, I. & MATIČEC, D. (2002): The Karst Dinarides are composed of relics of a single Mesozoic platform: facts and consequences.– Geologia Croatica, 55/2, 171–183.
VLAHOVIĆ, I., TIŠLJAR, J., VELIĆ, I. & MATIČEC, D. (2005): Evolution of the Adriatic carbonate platform: palaeogeography, main events and depositional dynamics.– Paleogeography Paleoclimatology Paleoecology, 220, 333–360. doi: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2005.01.011
WHITE, E. & WHITE, W. (2000): Breakdown morphology.– In: KIMCHOUK, A.B., FORD, D.C., PALMER, A.N. & DREYBRODT, W. (eds.): Speleogenesis: Evolution of karst aquifers. Huntsville, National Speleological Society, 2000, 427–429.
ZACZEK-PEPLINSKA, J. & KOWALSKA, M. (2022): Evaluation of the LiDAR in the Apple iPhone 13 Pro for use in Inventory Works.– In: XXVII FIG Congress, 11–15. Speleological Society, 2000, 427-429.