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Definition
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Holokarst is pure karst uninfluenced by other rocks, and is developed on thick limestones extending well below baselevel.
Ford and Williams, 2007
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holokarst : Cvijić's term for a karst area like that of the Dinaric Karst of Slovenia. Such areas have bare surfaces on thick deposits of limestone that extend below sea level, well-developed Karren, dolines, uvalas, poljes, deep ponors, and extensive cave systems; they have little or no surface drainage.
Monroe, 1970
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Frame
FORM | deep ponors |
COMPOSITION | on thick deposits of limestone |
developed on thick limestones | |
LOCATION | karst |
extending well below baselevel | |
FUNCTION | and extensive cave systems |
bare surfaces | |
CONTAINS | Karren |
uvalas |
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