A review on natural and human-induced geohazards and impacts in karst

F Gutiérrez, M Parise, J De Waele, H Jourde - Earth-Science Reviews, 2014 - Elsevier
Karst environments are characterized by distinctive landforms related to dissolution and a
dominant subsurface drainage. The direct connection between the surface and the …

An updated global review of solutional weathering processes and forms in quartz sandstones and quartzites

RAL Wray, F Sauro - Earth-Science Reviews, 2017 - Elsevier
Quartz is considered one of the less soluble minerals of the Earth's crust, and thus hardly
affected by chemical weathering. Despite this, for more than forty years, it is clear that the …

Escarpment retreat in sedimentary tablelands and cuesta landscapes–Landforms, mechanisms and patterns

F Duszyński, P Migoń, MC Strzelecki - Earth-Science Reviews, 2019 - Elsevier
Although the general concept that escarpments in layered rocks retreat through time was
offered more than 150 years ago, recognizing the exact mechanisms, patterns and rates of …

[HTML][HTML] Structure-controlled and dissolution-facilitated? Towards a more complex understanding of the genesis and environmental controls of sandstone ruiniform …

F Duszyński, A Kacprzak, W Bartz, K Jancewicz… - Catena, 2024 - Elsevier
Despite recent major advances, complex factors contributing to the development of
sandstone ruiniform relief still require recognition, particularly with respect to environmental …

Microbial diversity and biosignatures of amorphous silica deposits in orthoquartzite caves

F Sauro, M Cappelletti, D Ghezzi, A Columbu… - Scientific reports, 2018 - nature.com
Chemical mobility of crystalline and amorphous SiO2 plays a fundamental role in several
geochemical and biological processes, with silicate minerals being the most abundant …

[HTML][HTML] Biomineral deposits and coatings on stone monuments as biodeterioration fingerprints

J Sanjurjo-Sánchez, C Alves, DM Freire-Lista - Science of the Total …, 2024 - Elsevier
Biominerals deposition processes, also called biomineralisation, are intimately related to
biodeterioration on stone surfaces. They include complex processes not always completely …

Structural and lithological guidance on speleogenesis in quartz–sandstone: Evidence of the arenisation process

F Sauro - Geomorphology, 2014 - Elsevier
A detailed petrographic, structural and morphometric investigation of different types of caves
carved in the quartz–sandstones of the “tepui” table mountains in Venezuela has allowed …

Underground erosion and sand removal from a sandstone tableland, Stołowe Mountains, SW Poland

F Duszyński, P Migoń, M Kasprzak - Catena, 2016 - Elsevier
Abstract Models of geomorphic evolution of tablelands vary as far as the patterns of cliff line
degradation and hence, scarp retreat are concerned. Among surface processes rock slope …

Geochemistry of surface and subsurface waters in quartz-sandstones: significance for the geomorphic evolution of tepui table mountains (Gran Sabana, Venezuela)

M Mecchia, F Sauro, L Piccini, J De Waele, L Sanna… - Journal of …, 2014 - Elsevier
In situ measurements of discharge, pH, electric conductivity (EC), temperature, and SiO 2
content have been carried out during five expeditions in the last 20 years on the summit …

Physiography of the caves

SE Lauritzen - Cave ecology, 2018 - Springer
Solutional (karst) and lava caves are the most extensive and frequent. Karst caves occur in
carbonates, sulphates and halite; large lava tubes form in basalt.“Pseudokarst” caves …