Monitoring climatological, hydrological and geochemical parameters in the Père Noël cave (Belgium): Implication for the interpretation of speleothem isotopic and geochemical time-series

International Journal of Speleology

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 221-234

  Verheyden, Sophie ^a,b   Genty, Dominique ^c   Deflandre, Guy ^d   Quinif, Yves ^e   Keppens, Eduard ^a  

^a VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^c LABORATOIRE DES SCIENCES DU CLIMAT ET DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

^d Facultè Polytechnique de Mons ^*  (Belgium)

^e FACULTÉ POLYTECHNIQUE DE MONS   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Cave hydrology; Drip rate; Isotopes (oxygen and carbon); Mg; Modern calcite; Monitoring; Palaeoclimatology; Seepage water; Sr

Indexed keywords

CALCITE; HOLOCENE; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; KARST HYDROLOGY; MONITORING SYSTEM; PALEOCLIMATE; SPELEOTHEM; STALAGMITE; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

BELGIUM; BENELUX; EURASIA; EUROPE; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 56549090762     PISSN: 03926672     EISSN: 1827806X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5038/1827-806X.37.3.6     Document Type: Article

References (27)

1. Alley R.B, Mayewski P.A., Sowers T, Stuiver M., Taylor K.C. & Clark P.U., 1997 - Holocene climate instability: a prominent wide-spread event 8200 yr. ago. Geology, 25 (6): 483-486.
2. Craig H., 1965 - The measurement of oxygen isotope palaeotemperatures. In: Tongiorgi E. (Ed.), Stable isotopes in oceanographic studies and palaeotemperatures, Consiglio Nationale delle Ricerche Laboratorio di Geologia Nucleare, Pisa: 166-182.
3. Craig H., Gordon L.J. & Horibe Y., 1963 - Isotopic exchange effects in the evaporation of water. Low-temperature experimental results. Journal of Geophysical Research, 68 (17): 5079-5087.
4. Dansgaard W., 1964 - Stable isotopes in precipitation. Tellus, 16: 436-468.
5. Delvaux de Fenffe D., 1985 - Géologie et Tectonique du parc de Lesse et Lomme au bord sud du Bassin de Dinant (Rochefort, Belgique). Bull. de la Soc. belge de Géologie, 94 (1): 81-95.
6. Deflandre G., Bastin B., Quinif Y. & Gewelt M., 1987 - La grotte du Père Noël. Colloque International de Sédimentologie karstique, Livret Guide des Excursions: 37-44.
7. 2 d'une grotte belge: le trou Joney è Comblain au Pont. Annales de la Société Géologique de Belgique, 102: 71-75.
8. 16O ratio in natural waters. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 4: 213-224.
9. Fairchild I.J., Borsato A., Tooth A.F., Frisia S., Hawkesworth C.J., Huang Y, McDermott F. & Spiro B., 2000 - Controls on trace element (Sr-Mg) compositions of carbonate cave waters: implications for speleothem climatic records. Chemical Geology, 166: 255-269.
10. Fornaca-Rinaldi G., Panichi C. & Tongiorgi E., 1968 - Some causes of the variation of the isotopic composition of carbon and oxygen in cave concretions. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 4: 321-324.
11. Genty D. & Deflandre G., 1998 - Drip flow variations under a stalactite of the Père Noël cave (Belgium). Evidence of seasonal variations and air pressure contraints. Journal of Hydrology, 211: 208-232.
12. 13C stalagmite profiles - comparison with Chinese and South Hemisphere stalagmites. Quaternary Science Reviews, 25: 2118-2142.
13. 2 de l'air de deux grottes belges: Sainte-Anne et brialmont, Tilff. In: Patterson K. & Sweeting M.M. (Eds), New Directions in Karst, Proceedings of the Anglo-French Karst Symposium, Geobooks, Norwich: 49-72.
14. Gonzales L.A. & Lohmann K.C., 1988 - Controls on mineralogy and composition of spelean cabonates: Carlsbad caverns, New Mexico. In: James N.P. & Choquette P.W. (Eds.), Paleokarst, Springer-Verlag N.Y.: 81-101.
15. Hendy C. H., 1971 - The isotopic geochemistry of speleothems - I. The calculation of the effects of different modes of formation on the isotopic composition of speleothems and their applicability as palaeoclimatic indicators. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 35: 801-824.
16. 2 exchange process between air and seawater under equilibrium and kinetic conditions. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 49: 2453-2460.
17. Kim S.T. & O'Neil J.R., 1997 - Equilibrium and nonequilibrium oxygen isotope effects in synthetic carbonates. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 61(16): 3461-3475.
18. McCrea J.M.,1950 - On the isotopic chemistry of carbonates and paleotemperature scale. Journal of Chemical Physics, 18 (6): 849-857.
19. McDermott F., Schwarcz H. Rowe P.J., 2005 - Isotopes in speleothems. In: Leng M.J. (Ed.) Isotopes in palaeoenvironmental research. Springer, Dordrecht, The Netherlands: 185-225.
20. Quinif Y., 1977 - Essai d'étude synthétique des cavités karstiques de Belgique. Revue Belge de Géographie, 101 (1-3): 115-173.
21. me Cong. Int. Espeleol., Barcelona 1: 147-161.
22. Roberts N, Smart P.L. & Baker A., 1998 - Annual trace element variations in a Holocene speleothem. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 154: 237-246
23. Royal Meteorologic Institute (RMI), 1998 - Ringlaan3, B-1180 Brussels, Belgium. Lessives station, 1980-1998.
24. Rozanski K., Araguás-Araguás L. & Gonfiantini R., 1993 - Isotopic patterns in modern global precipitation. In Swart P.K., Lohmann K. C., McKenzie J. & Savin S. (Eds.), Climate change in continental isotopic record. Geophysical Monograph, 78: 1-36.
25. Vandersleyen P., 1967 - Atlas des grottes de Belgique 2. Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique, 70 p.
26. Verheyden S., Keppens E., Fairchild I.J., Mc Dermott F. & Weis D., 2000 - Mg, Sr and Sr isotope geochemistry of a Belgian Holocene speleothem: implications for paleoclimate reconstructions. Chemical Geology, 169:131-144.
27. Verheyden S., 2001 - Speleothems as palaeoclimatic archives. Isotopic and geochemical study of the cave environment and its Late Quaternary records. Unpubl. PHD thesis. Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium, 132 p.