Resumen de Caracterización química del agua de goteo en la cueva Kaite y monitorización de las variaciones estacionales
Miguel Ángel Martín Merino, Lorenzo Sánchez Moreno, Antonio Garralón Lafuente, Javier Martín Chivelet, Paloma Gómez González, María Jesús Turrero Jiménez, Alberto José Quejido Cabezas, Antonio Ortega Lozano
Characterization of drip waters in karstic caves is a key task for interpreting speleothems in terms of paleoclimate record. Particularly, variations in stalagmite composition, growth rate and microstratigraphy, often used as indicators of climate changes, strongly depend on changes in cave drip waters. For this reason, an "in situ" monitoring of the physicochemical properties and composition of those waters is being carried out in Kaite (Ojo Guareña Karstic System, N Spain), a small isolated cave selected for paleoclimate studies. In this paper; the experimental methodology of the hydrochemical monitoring is presented and the first results, corresponding to a complete year; are exposed and interpreted.
