000150535 001__ 150535 000150535 005__ 20251017144646.0 000150535 0247_ $$2doi$$a10.1016/j.geomorph.2024.109576 000150535 0248_ $$2sideral$$a142585 000150535 037__ $$aART-2024-142585 000150535 041__ $$aeng 000150535 100__ $$0(orcid)0000-0002-0068-4532$$aSevil-Aguareles, Jorge 000150535 245__ $$aGypsum cave notches and their palaeoenvironmental significance: A combined morphometric study using terrestrial laser scanning, traditional cave mapping, and geomorphological observations 000150535 260__ $$c2024 000150535 5060_ $$aAccess copy available to the general public$$fUnrestricted 000150535 5203_ $$aTerrestrial laser scanning has shown to be a very powerful method for the study and monitoring of caves. The high density of acquired points allows geostatistical methods to be used in the elaboration of large datasets on different depositional and erosional morphologies on cave walls, roof and floor. Here we describe a multidisciplinary morphometric study on cave wall morphologies and sediments in a multi-level gypsum cave system in the northern Apennines (Italy) with the objective of finding the direction of water flow that created these passages over hundred thousand years ago. The analysis of the traditional cave map (in long profile) suggests an overall, albeit very low, north-west inclination of the cave passages. However, other definitive indicators of flow direction, such as scallops, are absent which restricts the verification of this interpretation. The laser scanner-derived 3D point clouds of the cave wall notches of the main level have been analysed using different methods to verify the paleocurrent direction. However, statistical analyses of the point cloud data have yielded inconclusive results, even if most flow-related morphologies appear to be gently sloping towards north-west, where the present main cave entrance is found. Imbrication of fluvial sediments prevalently indicates the same direction. While no single method provided conclusive results on its own, the collective evidence strongly suggests an ESE to WNW paleocurrent flow, confirming the ancient resurgence nature of the cave gallery. 000150535 536__ $$9info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/MICINN/PRE2018-084240 000150535 540__ $$9info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess$$aby$$uhttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/deed.es 000150535 590__ $$a3.3$$b2024 000150535 592__ $$a1.051$$b2024 000150535 591__ $$aGEOGRAPHY, PHYSICAL$$b19 / 67 = 0.284$$c2024$$dQ2$$eT1 000150535 593__ $$aEarth-Surface Processes$$c2024$$dQ1 000150535 591__ $$aGEOSCIENCES, MULTIDISCIPLINARY$$b77 / 258 = 0.298$$c2024$$dQ2$$eT1 000150535 655_4 $$ainfo:eu-repo/semantics/article$$vinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion 000150535 700__ $$aPisani, Luca 000150535 700__ $$aChiarini, Veronica 000150535 700__ $$aSantagata, Tommaso 000150535 700__ $$aDe Waele, Jo 000150535 773__ $$g471 (2024), 109576 [13 pp.]$$pGeomorphology$$tGEOMORPHOLOGY$$x0169-555X 000150535 8564_ $$s14207785$$uhttps://zaguan.unizar.es/record/150535/files/texto_completo.pdf$$yVersión publicada 000150535 8564_ $$s2595826$$uhttps://zaguan.unizar.es/record/150535/files/texto_completo.jpg?subformat=icon$$xicon$$yVersión publicada 000150535 909CO $$ooai:zaguan.unizar.es:150535$$particulos$$pdriver 000150535 951__ $$a2025-10-17-14:34:19 000150535 980__ $$aARTICLE