La cova des Pas de Vallgornera (Llucmajor, Mallorca)
[spa] Cova des Pas de Vallgornera is located in the Llucmajor municipality, Mallorca island, being the longest cave in the Balearic archipelago: currently its surveyed length is over 65.000 metres. It is a really unique cave within the endokarst of the Migjorn region of the island,...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2011 |
| País: | España |
| Institución: | Universidad de las Islas Baleares |
| Repositorio: | Biblioteca Digital de les Illes Balears |
| OAI Identifier: | endins:Endins_2011v35p147 |
| Acceso en línea: | http://ibdigital.uib.es/greenstone/sites/oai-site/collect/endins/index/assoc/Endins_2/011v35p1/47.dir/Endins_2011v35p147.pdf http://ibdigital.uib.es/greenstone/library/collection/endins/document/Endins_2011v35p147 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Speleology Spain Grute Pas de Vallgornera (Llucmajor) Geomorphology |
| Sumario: | [spa] Cova des Pas de Vallgornera is located in the Llucmajor municipality, Mallorca island, being the longest cave in the Balearic archipelago: currently its surveyed length is over 65.000 metres. It is a really unique cave within the endokarst of the Migjorn region of the island, not only because its development but also for the great deal of uncommon speleothems and solution morphologies. Regarding geological and geomorphologic aspects, this exceptional site clearly shows a very strong control imposed by the lithologic factors –the architecture of the Upper Miocene reef– on the pattern and the morphological features of the system. Furthermore, the cave supplies evidences of a multi-folded speleogenesis that includes besides the coastal mixing zone dissolution, a noticeable epigenic recharge as well as a possible basal recharge of hypogenic origin. All this together, makes the cave certainly outstanding even at an international level. The cave is under the protection of Conselleria de Medi Ambient, Govern de les Illes Balears (the Regional Environmental Authority) and was declared Site of Community Importance, within the Natura 2000 Network (European Council Directive 92/43/EEC). Access to the cave is highly restricted and only surveying and investigation tasks are authorized by the Regional Authority. |
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