Sediment flushing in Mystic Cave, West Virginia, USA, in response to the 1985 Potomac Valley flood

Gundy, James J. Van; White, William Β.

doi:10.5038/1827-806x.38.2.2

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“…However, in some settings, speleothems may also contain records of discrete extreme events such as floods. Cave flooding has long been recognized as remobilizing and depositing sediments on cave surfaces (Doehring and Vierbuchen, 1971;Van Gundy and White, 2009), and flood layers have been identified and interpreted in stalagmites from some systems (Dasgupta et al, 2010). Flood layers trapped in speleothems may be better preserved from subsequent erosion than flood deposits in surficial environments.…”

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Holocene flood frequency reconstruction from speleothems in northern Spain

González-Lemos

Müller

Pisonero

et al. 2015

Quaternary Science Reviews

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Holocene flood frequency reconstruction from speleothems in northern Spain

González-Lemos

Müller

Pisonero

et al. 2015

Quaternary Science Reviews

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“…Van Gundy and White, 2009). Evidence from the Friar's Hole system in Kentucky (Ford and 216 Williams, 2007, p. 319) suggests that over longer timescales the sediment flux through the cave is 217 normally much greater than the sediment stored within it.…”

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Role of sediment in speleogenesis; sedimentation and paragenesis

Farrant

Smart

2011

Geomorphology

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6Although the effects of sedimentation in caves have been recognised for many years, its role in 7 speleogenesis is frequently overlooked. Influxes of sediment into a cave system fundamentally alters 8 the way cave passages develop, either by alluviation in a vadose environment, forcing lateral 9 corrosion and the development of notches, or upwards dissolution in a phreatic environment through a 10 process known as paragenesis. Sediment influxes affect the hydrological functioning of a karst aquifer 11 by changing the way conduits behave and subsequently develop both in plan and long section. 12Here we give an overview of the mechanisms of cave sedimentation and describe how the process of 13 alluviation and paragenesis affect speleogenesis. A characteristic suite of meso-and micro-scale 14 dissolutional features can be used to recognise paragenetic development, which is reviewed here. In a 15 vadose environment these include alluvial notches, whilst in a phreatic environment, half tubes, 16 anastomoses and pendants, bedrock fins and paragenetic dissolution ramps result. Using these to 17 identify phases of sedimentation and paragenesis is crucial for reconstructing denudation chronologies 18 from cave deposits. We suggest that sedimentation and paragenesis is most likely to occur in certain 19 geomorphological situations, such as ice marginal and periglacial environments, beneath thick 20 residual soils and where rivers can transport fluvial sediment into a cave, either via stream sinks or 21 back-flooding. 22

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“…The change from vadose to (epi)phreatic conditions in stage 3 was probably induced by catastrophic surface river floods. During such events, triggered by local or regional extreme climatic conditions, caves receive large amounts of water and sediments that promote both solution and mechanical erosion (Doehring and Vierbuchen 1971;Palmer 2001;Van Gundy and White 2009). …”

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Speleogenesis and deposition of sediments in Cioclovina Uscată Cave, Sureanu Mountains, Romania

Häuselmann

Onac

2010

Environ Earth Sci

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The sedimentary deposits from Cioclovina Uscatȃ Cave yielded numerous paleontological, anthropological and mineralogical findings. However, until now, a study of the sediments and their depositional features and environment had not been conducted. Here, we present a complete study of the sediments within the Main Gallery with the purpose of documenting their origin, depositional mode and processes, and direction of the paleodrainages. Seventeen sedimentary profiles were mapped and analyzed. A complete map was drawn, based on the lithological description, laboratory analyses, and the exact position of the profiles in the sedimentary deposit and their location along the gallery. Although the deposition mode of the sediments is very complex, the distribution of three main complexes (silt, sand and pebbles) can be clearly distinguished, indicating a typical cave channel lithofacies.We recognize seven stages in the evolution of the cave; the third one indicates a sudden change in the climatic conditions at the surface.

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Sediment flushing in Mystic Cave, West Virginia, USA, in response to the 1985 Potomac Valley flood

Cited by 25 publications

References 3 publications

Holocene flood frequency reconstruction from speleothems in northern Spain

Holocene flood frequency reconstruction from speleothems in northern Spain

Role of sediment in speleogenesis; sedimentation and paragenesis

Speleogenesis and deposition of sediments in Cioclovina Uscată Cave, Sureanu Mountains, Romania

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