Impact of Aboveground Disturbances on Subsurface Environments
A special issue of International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (ISSN 1660-4601). This special issue belongs to the section "Environmental Science and Engineering".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 October 2022) | Viewed by 6313
Special Issue Editors
Interests: natural risks; speleothem mineralogy; X-ray tomography; cave mineralogy; Karst evolution; volcanic caves; cultural heritage; analytical methods for mineral characterization; water-rock interaction; environmental remediation; past clime assessment
Interests: geomicrobiology; microbe–mineral interactions; biodeterioration; biofilms; bioreceptivity; biodiversity; cultural heritage; subsurface environments; volcanic caves; geochemistry
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Interests: molecular characterization of organic matter in complex matrices; biogeochemical markers in complex matrices; chemical evaluation of fire-affected organic matter; analytical techniques for organic matter characterization (e.g. Py-GC/MS, GCxGC/MS, ATR-FT/IR, FT-ICR/MS, Py-CSIA)
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Dear Colleagues,
Speleothems are typically used as climate archives of caves, as their formation depends on the amount and geochemistry of water dripping into the cave. Likewise, soil minerals, microbes, and organic matter from the surface are transported along bedrock discontinuities and deposited on speleothem surfaces during rain events. The two main sources of organic matter in speleothems are assumed to derive from the overlying soil and sediments or from microbial communities thriving in caves. A considerable number of anthropogenic contamination sources and urban surface activities, such as agriculture, building constructions, and sanitary sewer systems, may dictate the diversity and distribution of microbial communities thriving in subterranean ecosystems. Therefore, speleothems may provide information on local climate and other variables, such as changes in microbial composition, vegetation, precipitation, and the occurrence of floods, droughts, or fires.
Since secondary mineral deposits have the potential to provide information about former climatic conditions, land use, and surface disturbances, a better knowledge of its nature and origin can help to improve our understanding on the impact of environmental changes in subterranean ecosystems.
This Special Issue on “Impact of Aboveground Disturbances on Subsurface Environments” intends to compile the latest advances on these topics towards promoting better knowledge on the impact of natural hazards and anthropogenic disturbances in the subsurface. Therefore, we invite the authors to submit recent and original research papers and/or reviews to improve our knowledge on how surface alterations change the underground environment.
Best regards,
Dr. Manuel Francisco Costa Pereira
Dr. Ana Zélia Miller
Dr. Nicasio Tomás Jiménez-Morillo
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- speleothems
- caves
- environmental changes
- anthropogenic disturbances
- underground water contamination
- natural hazards
- wildfires
- subsurface microbial diversity
- stable isotopes
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