karst

Karst is a very heterogeneous space medium which can be explained only be applying a great number of measurement points and by monitoring and measuring various phenomena : the water levels, water discharge and velocity, chemical composition of water, its temperature, concentration of suspended particles and the microorganisms in water.

Bonacci, 1942

Karst is defined as a terrain, generally underlain by limestone or dolomite, in which the topography is chiefly formed by the dissolving of rock, and which may be characterised by sinkholes, sinking streams, closed depressions, subterranean drainage and caves.

Field, 2002

Karst is the term used to describe a special style of landscape containing caves and extensive underground water systems that is developed on especially soluble rocks such as limestone, marble, and gypsum.

Ford and Williams, 2007

karst - tereain with special landforms and drainage characteristics on account of greater solubility of certain rocks in natural waters than is common.

Gillieson, 1996

Karst is terrain with distinctive hydrology and landforms arising from the combination of high rock solubility and well-developed solution channel (secondary) porosity underground.

Gunn, 2004

Karst is terrain with distinctive hydrology and landforms arising from the combination of high rock solubility and well-developed solution channel (secondary) porosity underground.

Gunn, 2004

kras, krš : A Slavic word meaning bleak, waterless place, from which the term karst is derived. Synonym: karst.

Monroe, 1970

karst : A terrain, generally underlain by limestone, in which the topography is chiefly formed by the dissolving of rock, and which is commonly characterized by Karren, closed depressions, subterranean drainage, and caves. See also buried karst; cone karst; covered karst; exhumed karst; Halbkugelkarst; holokarst; Kegel- karst; merokarst; microkarst; naked karst; paleokarst; pseudokarst; Spitz- kegelkarst; subjacent karst; syngenetic karst; thermokarst; tower karst.

Monroe, 1970

In the most general terms , karst may be defined as a process of interaction between soluble rocks and different waters, as a result of which characteristic features develop on the Earth's surface and underground.

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Karst is a landscape created by the dissolution of carbonate rocks, although similar features can also be found in volcanic and permafrost areas.

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Karst is a product of processes that operate on continental land masses, especially when the land masses are uplifted above sea level.

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Karst is the term applied to terrains underlain by soluble rock: mainly limestone, dolomite and gypsum.

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The term karst describes a distinctive topography that indicates dissolution (also called chemical solution) of underlying soluble rocks by surface water or ground water.

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The term karst applies to a distinctive type of landscape that develops from the dissolving action of water on soluble bedrock, primarily limestone and marble but also dolostone, gypsum and halite.

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