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Karstification of carbonato-silicate rocks: review of literature and leaching experiments
Vojtíšek, Jan ; Bruthans, Jiří (advisor) ; Kůrková, Iva (referee)
The process of karstification doesn't occur only in easily soluble rock, such as limestone and evaporites, but also occurs in other rocks such as quartzites or siliciclastic rocks with carbonate cement. The "ghost rock" karstification is, unlike the classical karstification, two- step process, where the soluble component are dissolved first and subsequently the insoluble components are eroded and flushed away. These processes also occur in the Czech Republic, for example in the Bohemian Cretaceous Basin (BCB). Practical part of this thesis consists of leaching experiments of samples from BCB. Leaching in hydrochloric acid is an accelerated simulation of natural processes of dissolution by acidic solutions. Leaching of the samples in acid led to the decrease of sample strength, sometimes to their desintegration. The samples are probabbly prone to the evolution of karst conduits. Leaching experiments showed that the carbonate content is an important but not the only driving factor in the karstification process.
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Karstification of carbonato-silicate rocks: review of literature and leaching experiments
Vojtíšek, Jan ; Bruthans, Jiří (advisor) ; Kůrková, Iva (referee)
The process of karstification doesn't occur only in easily soluble rock, such as limestone and evaporites, but also occurs in other rocks such as quartzites or siliciclastic rocks with carbonate cement. The "ghost rock" karstification is, unlike the classical karstification, two- step process, where the soluble component are dissolved first and subsequently the insoluble components are eroded and flushed away. These processes also occur in the Czech Republic, for example in the Bohemian Cretaceous Basin (BCB). Practical part of this thesis consists of leaching experiments of samples from BCB. Leaching in hydrochloric acid is an accelerated simulation of natural processes of dissolution by acidic solutions. Leaching of the samples in acid led to the decrease of sample strength, sometimes to their desintegration. The samples are probabbly prone to the evolution of karst conduits. Leaching experiments showed that the carbonate content is an important but not the only driving factor in the karstification process.
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Na Javorce Cave - a new discovery in the Bohemian Karst (Czech Republic): unique example of relationships between hydrothermal and common karstification.
Dragoun, J. ; Žák, Karel ; Vejlupek, J. ; Filippi, Michal ; Novotný, J. ; Dobeš, J.
The Na Javorce Cave is located in the Bohemian Karst, Czech Republic, about 25 km SW of Prague. The cave was formed in vertically dipping layers of Lower Devonian limestone; it is 1,723 m long and 129 m deep, of which 9 m is permanently flooded. The cave is polygenetic, with several clearly separable evolutionary stages. Cavities discovered to date were mostly formed along the tectonic structures of two main systems. One of these systems is represented by vertical faults of generally N-S strike, which are frequently accompanied by vein hydrothermal calcite with crystal cavities. The second fault system is represented by moderately inclined west-dipping faults. Smaller tube-like passages of phreatic morphology connect the larger cavities. The fluid inclusion data obtained for calcite developed along both fault systems in combination with C and O stable isotope studies indicate that the hydrothermal calcite was deposited from moderately NaCl-type basinal fluids (0.5 to 8.7 wt. % NaCl equ
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