Climate controls on limestone cavernous weathering patterns in Israel
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00216208%3A11310%2F24%3A10486158" target="_blank" >RIV/00216208:11310/24:10486158 - isvavai.cz</a>
Result on the web
<a href="https://verso.is.cuni.cz/pub/verso.fpl?fname=obd_publikace_handle&handle=pNek0QUNpb" target="_blank" >https://verso.is.cuni.cz/pub/verso.fpl?fname=obd_publikace_handle&handle=pNek0QUNpb</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.geomorph.2024.109334" target="_blank" >10.1016/j.geomorph.2024.109334</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Climate controls on limestone cavernous weathering patterns in Israel
Original language description
Carbonate terrains exhibit diverse weathering features shaped by physico-chemical processes, which lend them distinctive characteristics. In Israel, limestone strata hosting cavernous weathering are distributed across various climate zones, providing an ideal setting for investigating rock decay processes. This study focuses on the interplay of moisture and tensile strength in geomorphic processes in hard lime and dolomitic rocks that host cavernous weathering forms: inland notches (elongated C-shaped caverns) and tafoni (pseudoregular meter-sized caverns). In the inland notches of the Mediterranean climate zone, the evaporation front (capillary water presence) was observed at the rock surface, with no detectable salts. Conversely, in arid and hyper-arid regions characterized by prevalent tafoni features, capillary water subsides to greater depths as precipitation decreases. Predominant salts identified within the arid region include halite and gypsum. The transition from inland notches to tafone-rich landscapes transpires at an annual precipitation threshold of approximately 250-300 mm, marking the shift from karstification to salt weathering regimes. This study thus indicates that the climate, and hence the water source abundance (e.g., rain, dew) in the environment, affects not just rock decay processes but also the specific forms of cavernous weathering observed in the exposed strata.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
10505 - Geology
Result continuities
Project
<a href="/en/project/GA24-12696S" target="_blank" >GA24-12696S: Improved field method for quantifying strength and degree of weathering in granularly-disintegrating rocks</a><br>
Continuities
P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)
Others
Publication year
2024
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
Geomorphology
ISSN
0169-555X
e-ISSN
1872-695X
Volume of the periodical
462
Issue of the periodical within the volume
October
Country of publishing house
NL - THE KINGDOM OF THE NETHERLANDS
Number of pages
10
Pages from-to
109334
UT code for WoS article
001274367700001
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-85198581759