Anthropogenic CO2-flux into cave atmosphere and its environmental impact: A case study in the Císařská Cave (Moravian Karst, Czech Republic)

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 369, Issue 1-3, 2006, Pages 231-245

  Faimon, Jiří ^a   Štelcl, Jindřich ^a   Sas, Daniel ^b  

^a MASARYK UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DEFENCE   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Airflow; Carbon dioxide; Cave chamber; Dripwater; Modeling; Radon

Indexed keywords

CALCITE; CARBONATES; DATA ACQUISITION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RADON; SUPERSATURATION;

CAVE CHAMBER; DRIPWATER; THE CHAMBER VENTILATION RATES;

CARBON DIOXIDE;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBONIC ACID; RADON;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CALCITE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CAVE SYSTEM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT;

AIR CONDITIONING; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; CASE STUDY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CZECH REPUBLIC; DISSOLUTION; DYNAMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; EVOLUTION; MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; AIR POLLUTANT; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOLOGY; HUMAN; SEASON; THEORETICAL MODEL;

CENTRAL EUROPE; CISARSKA CAVE; CZECH REPUBLIC; EURASIA; EUROPE; JIHOMORAVSKY; MORAVIA;

AIR POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CZECH REPUBLIC; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOLOGY; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; RADON; SEASONS; VENTILATION;

EID: 33748632664     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2006.04.006     Document Type: Article

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