Karst geomorphology and hydrology
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Karst geomorphology and hydrology
Unwin Hyman, 1989
- : hard
- : pbk
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Bibliography: p.547-582
Includes index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Karst is a terrain with distinctive hydrology and landforms, arising from a combination of high rock solubility, well developed secondary porosity and rock structure. The distinctive landforms above and below ground which are a hallmark of the Karst region in Yugoslavia result from its unusual subsurface hydrology. The authors believe that hydrological and chemical processes associated with Karst are best understood from a systems perspective, and have determined the approach adopted by this book accordingly. They argue that Karst can be viewed as an open system composed of two closely integrated hydrological and geochemical subsystems operating under the Karstic rocks. Karst landforms are the result of the interplay of processes in these linked subsystems. This book has been designed specifically as a reference text for both practising geologists and postgraduate geology students.
Table of Contents
- Part 1 Introduction. Part 2 The Karst rocks: carbonate rocks and minerals
- limestone composition and depositional facies
- limestone diagenesis and the formation of dolomite
- the evaporite rocks
- quartzites and siliceous sandstones
- effects of lithologic properties upon Karst development
- interbedded clastic rocks
- bedding planes, joints, faults and fracture traces
- fold topography. Part 3 Dissolution chemical and kinetic behaviour of the Karst rocks: aqueous solutions and chemical equilibria
- the dissolution of anhydrite, gypsum and salt
- bicarbonate equilibria and the solution of carbonate rocks
- measurements in the field and lab - computer programs
- chemical complications in carbonate solution
- dissolution and precipitation kinetics of the Karst rocks. Part 4 Distribution and rate of Karst denudation: global variations in the solution of carbonate terrains
- solution rates in non-carbonate rocks
- measurement and calculation of solution rates
- interpretation of measurements. Part 5 Karst hydrology: basic hydrological concepts, terms and definitions
- applicability of Darcy's Law to Karst
- controls of the development of Karst aquifers
- energy supply for Karst aquifer development
- the rate of development of flow paths
- classification and characteristics of Karst aquifers. Part 6 Analysis of Karst drainage systems: the "grey box" nature of Karst
- exploration and survey techniques
- aquifer zonation and thickness
- borehole analysis
- spring hydrograph analysis
- interpretation of the degree of organization of a Karst aquifer
- polje hydrograph analysis
- water balance estimation
- water tracing techniques. Part 7 Karst landform development in humid regions: coupled hydrological and geochemical systems
- small scale solution sculpture
- dolines - the "diagnostic" Karst landform?
- the origin and development of solution dolines
- the origin of collapse and subsidence depressions
- morphometric analysis of dolines
- landforms associated with allogenic inputs
- Karst poljes
- corrosional plains and shifts in baselevel
- residual hills on Karst plains
- depositional and constructional Karst features
- sequences of carbonate Karst evolution in humid terrains
- special features of evaporite terrains. Part 8 The influence of climate and climatic change on Karst development: the precepts of climatic geomorphology
- the hot arid extreme
- the cold extreme - Karst development in glaciated terrains
- - Karst development in permafrozen terrains
- sea level changes, tectonic movement and implications for the development of coastal Karst
- polycyclic and polygenetic Karsts
- relict Karsts and paleokarsts.
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