HYDRIC CONNECTION BETWEEN THE BROMELIA AND MARTIMIANO II QUARTZITE CAVES, IN THE IBITIPOCA MOUNTAIN RANGE, MG

HYDRIC CONNECTION BETWEEN THE BROMELIA AND MARTIMIANO II QUARTZITE CAVES, IN THE IBITIPOCA MOUNTAIN RANGE, MG

Authors

  • Gabriel Lourenço Carvalho de Oliveira Universidade Federal de Ouro Preto/Sociedade Excursionista e Espeleológica
  • Pedro Henrique da Silva Assunção Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais/Sociedade Excursionista e Espeleológica
  • Paulo Eduardo Santos Lima Universidade Federal de Ouro Preto/Sociedade Excursionista e Espeleológica
  • Tiago Vilaça Bastos Universidade Federal de Ouro Preto/Sociedade Excursionista e Espeleológica
  • Isaac Daniel Rudnitzki Universidade Federal de Ouro Preto/Sociedade Excursionista e Espeleológica

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.37002/rbesp.v1i13.2601

Keywords:

Quartzite, caves, Ibitipoca, tracer

Abstract

Defining cave systems and underground water flows when human passage is impossible requires the use of specific techniques such as hydrochemistry and fluorescent dye tracers application, which are widely used methodologies in karst environments. The Ibitipoca State Park (Parque Estadual do Ibitipoca PEIB) is in a speleological district with a high number of registered siliciclastic rock caves in a relatively small area (1,488 ha), the highest density of large siliciclastic rock caves in Brazil. Therefore, this work aims to determine the possible water connection of the two largest caves in the PEIB waterflows, the Martimiano II Cave (the country's largest quartzite cave) and the Bromélias Cave. This was done by hydrogeochemical analysis and the fluorescent tracer technique, consequently defining the probable largest quartzite system in Brazil, with approximately 7.5 km of underground conduits.

Published

2024-04-30

How to Cite

Oliveira, G. L. C. de ., Assunção, P. H. da S. ., Lima, P. E. S. ., Bastos, T. V., & Rudnitzki, I. D. . (2024). HYDRIC CONNECTION BETWEEN THE BROMELIA AND MARTIMIANO II QUARTZITE CAVES, IN THE IBITIPOCA MOUNTAIN RANGE, MG: HYDRIC CONNECTION BETWEEN THE BROMELIA AND MARTIMIANO II QUARTZITE CAVES, IN THE IBITIPOCA MOUNTAIN RANGE, MG. Revista Brasileira De Espeleologia - RBEsp, 1(13), 318–338. https://doi.org/10.37002/rbesp.v1i13.2601

Most read articles by the same author(s)