covered karst

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• covered karst —    1. A fossil or currently developing karst in karst limestone which underlies superficial deposits or other rock, and which may produce landforms at the surface which reflect subsurface karstification [19]; contrasted with naked karst, which is …   Lexicon of Cave and Karst Terminology

• soil-covered karst —    See subsoil karst …   Lexicon of Cave and Karst Terminology

• karst —    (Internationally used term, originally the German form of the Slavic word kras or krš, meaning a bleak waterless place; it is the German name for a district east of Trieste having such terrane.) A terrane, generally underlain by limestone or… …   Lexicon of Cave and Karst Terminology

• karst couvert —    (French.) See covered karst …   Lexicon of Cave and Karst Terminology

• subsoil karst —    Karst covered by soil, usually residual soil [17].    Synonyms: (British.) soddy karst; (French.) karst vert, karst subcutané; (German.) bedeckter Karst, bodenbedeckter Karst, grükarst, subkutan karst; (Greek.) ypethaphikon karst; (Russian.)… …   Lexicon of Cave and Karst Terminology

• karst — karstic, adj. /kahrst/, n. Geol. an area of limestone terrane characterized by sinks, ravines, and underground streams. [1900 05; < G, generic use of Karst, name of limestone plateau north of Trieste] * * * ▪ geology       terrain usually… …   Universalium

• mantled karst —    Karst topography that is wholly or partly covered by a relatively thin veneer of post karst rock or sediment and is part of the contemporary landscape [17].    See also buried karst; covered karst …   Lexicon of Cave and Karst Terminology

• buried karst —    Karst topography entirely buried by relatively younger post rock or sediments and not part of the contemporary landscape [17].    Synonyms: fossil karst; (French.) karst couvert, karst fossile, paleokarst; ( German.) bedeckter Karst, Urkarst;… …   Lexicon of Cave and Karst Terminology

• interstratal karst —    ; interstratal karstification    1. Features formed by the dissolutional removal of all or part of a buried rock unit. Interstratal karst features are common within highly soluble evaporite rocks such as gypsum and halite, and may be equally… …   Lexicon of Cave and Karst Terminology

• bedeckter karst —    See covered karst …   Lexicon of Cave and Karst Terminology

• pokryty0 karst —    (Russian.) See covered karst …   Lexicon of Cave and Karst Terminology