Eogenetic karst, glacioeustatic cave pools and anchialine environments on Mallorca Island: a discussion of coastal speleogenesis

Eogenetic caves in Pleistocene carbonate conglomerate in Slovenia

“…Generally, eogenetic caves form in soft, porous and poorly-consolidated limestones during their eogenetic stage of diagenesis (Grimes 2006), which partly limits them to the coastal regions (Vacher and Mylroie 2002;Grimes 2006;Smart et al 2006;Ginés and Ginés 2007). Nevertheless, they have also been described inland (Florea et al 2007;Lipar and Ferk 2011).…”

“…Although the term »eogenetic« has a broad meaning and from certain aspects of geology may not be precise, we still refer to it as many papers have been published on eogenetic caves recently (Smart et al 2006;Florea et al 2007;Ginés and Ginés 2007;De Waele et al 2009;Lipar and Ferk 2011). Furthermore, when referring to eogenetic caves, there is a common characteristic of rock, which partly influences overall genesis of caves: primary matrix porosity (»primary porosity« by Choquette and Pray (1970); »matrix porosity« by Ford and Williams (2007); »interparticle and vuggy« porosity by Lucia (2007)).…”

“…The term was later used in combination with the term karst as »eogenetic karst« (Vacher and Mylroie 2002;Florea and Vacher 2006;Grimes 2006;Ginés and Ginés 2007) as well as with caves as »eogenetic caves« (Vacher and Mylroie 2002;Grimes 2006;Smart et al 2006;Florea et al 2007;Ginés and Ginés 2007;De Waele et al 2009). Generally, eogenetic caves form in soft, porous and poorly-consolidated limestones during their eogenetic stage of diagenesis (Grimes 2006), which partly limits them to the coastal regions (Vacher and Mylroie 2002;Grimes 2006;Smart et al 2006;Ginés and Ginés 2007).…”

Linking mineral deposits to speleogenetic processes in Cova des Pas de Vallgornera (Mallorca, Spain)

“…As highlighted in this paper, a similar relationship holds true for the mineral assemblages. For additional information on the geologic and karst settings of this cave, readers are directed to the publications of Ginés & Ginés (2007), Ginés et al (2009), Fornós et al (2011), Merino et al (2011), as well as those included in this special issue of the International Journal of Speleology.…”

Late Quaternary speleogenesis and landscape evolution in a tropical carbonate island: Pango la Kuumbi (Kuumbi Cave), Zanzibar

“…The concept of flank margin speleogenesis and its more comprehensive derivative, the Carbonate Island Karst Model (Mylroie & Carew, 1990;Mylroie et al, 1995;2008;Mylroie & Vacher, 1999;Mylroie & Mylroie, 2007;Mylroie, 2013), have further highlighted this distinctiveness by emphasising the crucial role of carbonate dissolution in the distal, seaward part of the freshwater lens underneath carbonate islands (and, also, continental littorals). In this speleogenetic realm, discrete from those of epigenic and hypogenic speleogenesis, critical domains of carbonate dissolution (groundwater table; fresh/saltwater mixing zone) are highly responsive to relative sea level change, in turn driven by eustatic sea level change (at several timescales), and isostatic or tectonic crustal uplift or subsidence (Ginés & Ginés, 2007;Mylroie & Mylroie 2007;Fratesi, 2013;Ginés et al, 2014). Carbonate island caves could thus be regarded as nodes where several lines of enquiry on the workings of the earth system come together.…”