DISSOLUTION OF CARBONATE ROCKS IN GUNUNG MULU - SARAWAK, NORTHERN BORNEO: FIRST RESULTS | Asian ..

Gunung Mulu (Sarawak, Borneo), a Unesco World Heritage site since 2000, is one of the world's most important areas for karst research. The Geology and Paleontology Department of the Natural History Museum of Verona (Italy) began investigating Radon222 concentrations and karst corrosion caused by surfaceand underground waters in 2019. The field studies are currently underway.The dissolution rate was calculated using rock tablets, with this form of "data logger" collected after about a year.

The results of this first testing campaign indicate that the corrosion rate in the water is extremely low.

Due to the caves' exceptional growth, high rainfall, and the presence of a rainforest, such values are unexpected. This research adds to the existing data on karst corrosion in the Mulu World Heritage Region, which can be used to make comparisons with current global climate change.

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