Water trickling through the discontinuities of granitic massifs causes a slow chemical and physical weathering of the rock related to biological activity. The weathered materials are first eroded and later deposited in either the same fissures or the water output of fissures. The formed deposits are considered speleothems due to their morphology, genesis and association with rock fissure systems. They are comparable to their congeners in karstic systems s.s. though they are always smaller in size and volume. Speleothems of granite caves are a suitable microenvironment for the settlement and development of microorganisms as bacteria, fungi, algae, diatoms, polychetes, mites, etc., which at least develop part, if not all, of their vital cycle...
The present communication characterizes and discusses the genesis of cave speleothems developed in F...
Secondary minerals forming speleothems are called “cave minerals” and are the results of complex int...
Within the Praileaitz cave there are evident signs of deterioration of different types and generatio...
none1noThe idea that speleothems may be somehow influenced by living organisms is rather old, but sp...
Tjuv-Antes grotta (Tjuv-Ante\u27s Cave) located in northern Sweden is a round-abraded sea cave (\u27...
Caves are among Earth\u27s most important minerogenetic environments and they host over 350 minerals...
Meteoric waters infiltrate along fractures and fissures in granitic massifs. Bacteria in the waters ...
Acarines are well-documented as formative elements in the biocenosis of soils. However, their role i...
The idea that speleothems may be somehow influenced by living organisms is rather old, but specific ...
Classical speleothems (stalactites, stalagmites, pillars and flowstones) form in the vadose parts of...
One unresolved issue in geomicrobiology is the involvement of microbial activity in the formation of...
Granite massifs often contain caves, with dimensions ranging from a few meters up to 1,000 m, also r...
The present communication characterizes and discusses the genesis of cave speleothems developed in F...
Secondary minerals forming speleothems are called “cave minerals” and are the results of complex int...
Within the Praileaitz cave there are evident signs of deterioration of different types and generatio...
none1noThe idea that speleothems may be somehow influenced by living organisms is rather old, but sp...
Tjuv-Antes grotta (Tjuv-Ante\u27s Cave) located in northern Sweden is a round-abraded sea cave (\u27...
Caves are among Earth\u27s most important minerogenetic environments and they host over 350 minerals...
Meteoric waters infiltrate along fractures and fissures in granitic massifs. Bacteria in the waters ...
Acarines are well-documented as formative elements in the biocenosis of soils. However, their role i...
The idea that speleothems may be somehow influenced by living organisms is rather old, but specific ...
Classical speleothems (stalactites, stalagmites, pillars and flowstones) form in the vadose parts of...
One unresolved issue in geomicrobiology is the involvement of microbial activity in the formation of...
Granite massifs often contain caves, with dimensions ranging from a few meters up to 1,000 m, also r...
The present communication characterizes and discusses the genesis of cave speleothems developed in F...
Secondary minerals forming speleothems are called “cave minerals” and are the results of complex int...
Within the Praileaitz cave there are evident signs of deterioration of different types and generatio...