Scientific documentation required during the exploration of caves and technical work carried out in tourist show caves ‒ examples from central Poland
Journal Title: Geotourism - Year 2017, Vol 48, Issue 1
Abstract
The procedure of scientifi c documentation of caves explored and/or arranged for touristic use is proposed and recommended in this paper. This procedure has been verifi ed on the basis of work done during the arrangement of the Underground Touristic Trail combining three caves in the Kadzielnia Park, city of Kielce, Świętokrzyskie (Holy Cross) Mountains, and Jaskinia Głęboka (Deep Cave) in the “Góra Zborów” nature reserve, Kraków–Częstochowa Upland. The objective of the cave documentation is the preservation of scientifi c evidence of the geological history of karst systems and the region, which are recorded in sequences of cave sediments (including their physical, petrographic and mineralogical properties, palaeontological remains and archaeological artefacts), mineralogical and isotopic composition of speleothems and specifi c features of cave morphology. These elements are often totally or partially destroyed (i.e. removed, changed in shape) during cave exploration and/or any technical work carried out in tourist caves. This makes it necessary to document thier scientifi c study, which is also required by law. The procedure of such documentation and study proposed and verifi ed in this paper include the photographic documentation of sediments and cave morphologies, sampling of sediments, as well as their basic petrographical-palaeontological analyses, which make it possible to plan exploration, technical work and further research.
Authors and Affiliations
Jan Urban, Andrzej Tyc, Marceli Ślusarczyk
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- EP ID EP311925
- DOI 10.7494/geotour.2017.48-49.4
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