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Sources and Transport of Inorganic Carbon in the Unsaturated Zone of Karst

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Authors:
  1. Simone Milanolo

    1. Hydro-Engineering lnstitute, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina

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  • Presents an in-depth overview of the inorganic carbon fluxes between air-water-rock compartments
  • Provides the underlining governing mechanisms and links scientific topic
  • Creates unique conceptual framework
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: Springer Theses (Springer Theses)

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Table of contents (11 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiv
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  2. Introduction

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    Pages 1-6

  3. Site Description

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    Pages 7-22

  4. Materials and Methods

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    Pages 23-42

  5. A Conceptual Model of the Inorganic Carbon Transport Within a Karst Massif

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    Pages 43-57

  6. Cave Climate

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    Pages 59-72

  7. Carbon Dioxide Sources, Storage and Transport in the Cave Atmosphere

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    Pages 73-88

  8. Cave Atmosphere Response to Artificial Input of Carbon Dioxide

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    Pages 89-106

  9. From Soil to Cave: The Inorganic Carbon in Drip Water

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    Pages 107-124

  10. Calcite Deposition

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    Pages 125-142

  11. The Isotopic Imprint

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    Pages 143-151

  12. General Conclusions

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    Pages 153-157
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About this book

This book combines field, laboratory and modelling methods to identify, characterize and quantify sources and fluxes within and between the different compartments: water, rock and air. 
Inorganic carbon plays an important role in shaping karst features. In the unsaturated zone, the percolating water consumes soil-derived carbon dioxide while dissolving carbonate bedrock and then releases it again while degassing and precipitating calcite in caves.  A portion of the released CO2 is returned to the atmosphere through the natural ventilation of caves. This book is an important reference source for all those interested in the global carbon budget, karst geochemistry, cave climate and paleoclimate studies using cave speleothem as proxies.


Authors and Affiliations

  • Hydro-Engineering lnstitute, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina

    Simone Milanolo

About the author

Milanolo Simone holds a Bachelor's degree in Chemical Engineering from the Polytechnic of Turin (Italy) obtained after spending 6 months at the TUDelft University (Netherlands) as a recipient of an Erasmus framework scholarship. He completed his PhD studies in Karstology in 2014 at the University of Nova Gorica (Slovenia). He currently works as senior researcher at the Hydro-Engineering Institute Sarajevo (Bosnia and Herzegovina). During 2007-2009, he was the recipient of three Marie Curie small grants for participation in scientific events. He is an active caver and speleologist currently affiliated with the Center for Karst and Speleology in Sarajevo. 

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Sources and Transport of Inorganic Carbon in the Unsaturated Zone of Karst

  • Authors: Simone Milanolo

  • Series Title: Springer Theses

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-29308-0

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2016

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-29307-3Published: 08 February 2016

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-80537-5Published: 30 March 2018

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-29308-0Published: 25 January 2016

  • Series ISSN: 2190-5053

  • Series E-ISSN: 2190-5061

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIV, 157

  • Number of Illustrations: 35 b/w illustrations, 26 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Earth Sciences, general

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