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GYPSUM KARST [1 record]

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Record 1 2011-01-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Speleology
  • Geomorphology and Geomorphogeny
DEF

A topography characterized by caves, sinkholes, disappearing streams, and underground drainage.

CONT

Karst forms when groundwater dissolves pockets of limestone, dolomite, or gypsum in bedrock.

CONT

Karst topography usually forms in regions of plentiful rainfall where bedrock consists of carbonate-rich rock, such as limestone, gypsum, or dolomite, that is easily dissolved. Surface streams are usually absent from karst topography.

Key term(s)
  • carst topography
  • carst area

French

Domaine(s)
  • Spéléologie
  • Géomorphologie et géomorphogénie
DEF

Région de calcaires et dolomites ayant une topographie souterraine particulière due à la dissolution de certaines parties du sous-sol et au cheminement des eaux dans les galeries naturelles ainsi formées.

CONT

Un type exceptionnel [de dépôt proluvial] est formé dans les dépressions du terrain profondément et irrégulièrement désagrége (la topographie du karst).

OBS

Les formes d'érosion qui résultent de l'activité des eaux souterraines sont très particulières. [...] Ce sont les régions formées de roches solubles, situées à une altitude supérieure au niveau du lit des grands cours d'eaux qui les traversent [...]

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Espeleología
  • Geomorfología y geomorfogénesis
DEF

Zona de calizas y dolomías que posee una topografía peculiar, debida a la disolución de parte del subsuelo y a la desviación de las aguas superficiales a las galerías naturales así formadas.

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