Climate of a cave laboratory representative for rock art caves in the Vézère area (south-west France)

Leye Cave (Dordogne, France) is a laboratory cave in the Vézère area, region that contains some of most famous rock art caves world such as Lascaux, Font-de-Gaume and Combarelles, listed Human World Heritage by UNESCO. was selected because it representative painted caves, with respect to parameters its geological stage, presence water carbon dioxide, state walls, size cave. These wall states are studied better understand conditions conservation without damaging them. The choice an equivalent medium, i.e., non-painted cave, made be able conduct experiments or take measurements would not have been possible climatic (temperature, hygrometry, etc.) monitored since 2011 central our understanding genesis evolution states. sub-horizontal then descendant, forming cold air trap. phenomenon condensation thought important these Our article presents model which describes competition exists between conduction heating convection cooling rock, area named “Throne Chamber”, located deepest parts