Seasonal variations in trace elements and influencing factors in drip water from Kaiyuan Cave, Shandong Province

CHENG Ke; WANG Qing; ZHENG Zhihui; ZHAN Chao; ZHOU Houyun; CHI Hong

doi:10.16562/j.cnki.0256-1492.2017032801

2019 Vol. 39, No. 1

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CHENG Ke, WANG Qing, ZHENG Zhihui, ZHAN Chao, ZHOU Houyun, CHI Hong. Seasonal variations in trace elements and influencing factors in drip water from Kaiyuan Cave, Shandong Province[J]. Marine Geology & Quaternary Geology, 2019, 39(1): 154-162. doi: 10.16562/j.cnki.0256-1492.2017032801

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CHENG Ke, WANG Qing, ZHENG Zhihui, ZHAN Chao, ZHOU Houyun, CHI Hong. Seasonal variations in trace elements and influencing factors in drip water from Kaiyuan Cave, Shandong Province[J]. Marine Geology & Quaternary Geology, 2019, 39(1): 154-162. doi: 10.16562/j.cnki.0256-1492.2017032801

Seasonal variations in trace elements and influencing factors in drip water from Kaiyuan Cave, Shandong Province

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School of Geography, South China Normal University, Guangzhou 510631, China
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Coast institute of Ludong University, Yantai 264025, China

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Corresponding author: WANG Qing, schingwang@126.com

Received Date: 28 March 2017

Revised Date: 22 May 2018

Publish Date: 28 February 2019

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Drip water samples for 15 months were collected from the Kaiyuan Cave, Zibo City of Shandong Province, a cave located in a semi-humid monsoon climatic zone in coastal North China. Geochemical information suggests that: (1) the variations in dripping rates respond rapidly to the atmospheric precipitation outside the cave. (2) Although the Ca²⁺, Mg²⁺, Sr²⁺ and Ba²⁺ concentrations display significant seasonal variations, their behaviors and influencing mechanisms are rather different. (3) The Sr/Ca and Ba/Ca ratios of the drip water may respond to certain degree to the atmospheric precipitation outside of the cave, and, especially, the Mg/Ca, Sr/Ca and Mg/Sr ratios may well indicate heavy rainfall. However, the variations in Mg/Sr in the drip water do not respond obviously to surface air temperature.
- drip water /
- trace elements /
- seasonal variations /
- influencing factors /
- Kaiyuan Cave

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