Karst Unsaturated Zone
A special issue of Geosciences (ISSN 2076-3263).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 December 2021) | Viewed by 11495
Special Issue Editors
Interests: hydrogeology; hydrodynamics; karst; carbonates; numerical modelling
Interests: geology; hydrology; exploration geophysics; groundwater; applied geophysics; geophysics; seismic reflection; remediation; hydrogeology; inversion; near surface geophysics; inverse modeling; hydrogeophysics; geothermal; GPR; resistivity tomography; gravimetry; speleology; ERT; karst
Interests: sedimentology; field geology; tectonics; structural geology; sedimentary basins; stratigraphy; petrography; petroleum geology; petrology; diagenesis; carbonates; geochemistry; ground penetrating radar; geotourism; speleology; carbonate sedimentology; karst; hypogenic caves; karst systems
Interests: spatial analysis; mapping; cartography; arcgis; karst hydrogeology; karst geomorphology; cave survey; cave exploration; coastal karst
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Geosciences and the Guest Editors, in celebration of the International Year of Caves and Karst 2021 (IYCK), announce a Special Issue dedicated to the Karst Unsaturated Zone.
At the heart of the critical zone, the unsaturated zone of karst aquifers acts as a very sensitive buffer zone between the anthropised surface and the groundwater resource. The ancient unsaturated zone of buried karst palaeo-aquifers is of interest for underground applications such as oil and gas production or CO2 storage. These different applications with important societal stakes raise complementary questions.
The unsaturated (or vadose) zone of karst systems presents multiple complexities, which challenge different disciplines of geosciences. The epikarst, the transmission zone and the many types of karst features and caves result from a multi-physical and multi-stage genesis affecting already heterogeneous deposits and result in highly complex fluids dynamics. The karst unsaturated zone of karst aquifers offers numerous and varied accesses, both direct (outcrops, caves, underground installations, boreholes, etc.) and indirect (remote sensing, near-surface geophysics, surface and underground water monitoring, etc.), which allow it to be studied from many angles and with a large number of complementary methods. The study of the unsaturated zone of today's karst systems helps to address the societal issues associated with this critical zone. It also contributes to improve our understanding of buried karsts.
This Special Issue invites contributions dealing with, but not limited to, the following topics: epikarst and transmission zone, karst geomorphology and caves topography, karst genesis, karst initiation at emersion of carbonate deposits, karst inception, palaeokarst, petrophysics, flows and storage in karst unsaturated zones, perched carbonate aquifers, karst occurrences and their impact on fluids dynamics in buried carbonate reservoirs, outcrop analogues of karstified carbonate reservoirs, and related interdisciplinary and new characterization and modelling techniques including sampling, logging, remote sensing, lidar, geophysics, groundwater monitoring, 3D modelling.
Dr. Charles Danquigny
Prof. Dr. Olivier Kaufmann
Ms. Caroline Lessio Cazarin
Dr. Patricia Kambesis
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- Karst
- Unsaturated Zone
- Carbonate rocks
- Flows
- Speleogenesis
- Structural Geology
- Caves
- Transmission Zone
- Epikarst
- Critical zone
- Geophysics
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