Interactions between surface conditions, the Mediter-ranean Sea, and cave climate within two littoral caves in Mallorca: implications for the formation of phreatic overgrowths on speleothems

摘要

Phreatic overgrowths on speleothems from Mallorca’s littoral caves are valuable markers of former sea-level stands. These carbonate encrustations form as CO2 degasses from brackish cave water that is hydrologically connected to the Mediterranean Sea. This