“…Cave sediments are also potential important archaeological, palaeoenvironmental and palaeoclimatic archives (Goldberg and Sherwood, 2006;Lundberg and McFarlane, 2007;González-Lemos et al, 2014). For all these reasons, various studies have examined how detrital sediment infills within caves and conduits can influence the aquifer functioning and spring discharge (Veni, 2013), including Chalk aquifers (Massei et al, 2003).…”