Theses and Dissertations
Issuing Body
Mississippi State University
Advisor
Mylroie, John E.
Committee Member
Rodgers III, John C.
Committee Member
Brown, Michael E.
Date of Degree
5-11-2013
Document Type
Graduate Thesis - Open Access
Major
Geosciences
Degree Name
Master of Science
College
College of Arts and Sciences
Department
Department of Geosciences
Abstract
Temperature, pressure, and relative humidity within Jinapsan Cave on Guam were compiled and analyzed over a five-month period to gain a better understanding of this environment. Temperatures within the cave hover around ~26°C with no apparent influences except the mean annual temperature, with humidity values over 90%. There is high fidelity between outside and internal air pressures indicating no pressure differential exists and pressure changes are a result of kinematic wave flow. A mild correlation exists between a cave speleothem’s drip rate and outside pressure. The cave’s tidal pool compared to oceanic tides show a lag of 1-2 hours and amplitude dampening. The tidal pool’s temperature is 25.7°C, signifying no mass transfer of water occurs. Tropical cave studies are rare, but are important for paleoclimate research using cave speleothems as proxies. This study determined cave meteorological factors that affect speleothem development to allow for more accurate paleoclimate studies.
URI
https://hdl.handle.net/11668/17793
Recommended Citation
McCann, Sarah C., "Atmospheric Influences on Cave Meteorology, Jinapsan Cave, Guam: A Drip Rate Analysis" (2013). Theses and Dissertations. 805.
https://scholarsjunction.msstate.edu/td/805