This review explores the potential for establishing valley incision chronologies from alluvium-
filled cave systems, and covers a total of 30 case studies since 1997. Caves in limestone …

Microplastic pollution represent a worldwide concern, however, in karst areas is still largely
unknown, especially in underground environments. Caves are the most important geological …

Fractured and karstified carbonate units are key exploration targets for the hydrocarbon
industry as they represent important reservoirs. Furthermore, large water reserves and …

When artificial lighting systems are installed in show caves, alien photosynthetic epilithic
prokaryotic and eukaryotic microorganisms—the so-called 'lampenflora'—form extended …

About a fifth of the Italian territory is characterised by the presence of soluble rocks,
consisting mainly of limestone and dolostone but also of marble and evaporite rocks …

Calcite-aragonite bimineralic rafts and related waters from hypogenic lakes in the coastal
cave of “Cova dets Ases”, Mallorca, have been analyzed for mineralogy and geochemistry …

Terrestrial laser scanning has shown to be a very powerful method for the study and
monitoring of caves. The high density of acquired points allows geostatistical methods to be …

The circum-Mediterranean region is the cradle of ancient civilizations that had their roots in
the Holocene. Climate change has been considered a key element that contributed to their …

Although the general geomorphology is reasonably well understood, not much information
is available on the incision rates of rivers and related tectonic uplift in the central parts of the …

Hypogene speleogenesis involves the formation of solution-enlarged permeability structures
driven by ascending water acquiring its acidity from deep-seated sources. This process …