VOCABULARY
Karsted
Rich in karst features especially caves.
what percentage of the dry, ice free landmass is covered by karstic rocks?
12 %
the three terms for karstic rocks that mean: True karst, near karst, and false karst
what is orthokarst, parakarst and psuedokarst?
the internal and external processes that create caves
what are endogenetic and exogentetic
where in south America has a surprising parakarst been discovered what rock is it developed in
Venezuela and British Guiana sandstone formed predominantly of quarts
The place were subterranean water emerge to the surface.
Emergences
what are characteristics of caves found in igneous rocks?
They are made from lava as a tube
the two ways karstic rocks are dissolved (dis___)
what are dissolution and dissociation?
name a few specific forms of the karst relief
what are runnels, grooves, and small hollows
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Karst formed on carbonate rocks mainly by solution
orthokarst
What is a Rythmic stream? name one
A spring that flows intermittently
Fontaine de Fontestorbes
The sedimentary rock that is easiest to dissolve and is built mostly of calcium carbonate
what is limestone?
where does the name karst come from
Austrian geographers and geologist introduced the name karst in the 19th century while they were studying
are you bad?/dumb?
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sinkholes
funnel shaped hollows, from a few feet to hundreds of feet in diameter
What is the highest flow of a karst river?
4060.7 cu ft per second
Sedimentary rocks that are very pure and that host some of the worlds longest caves
What are Evaporite rocks?
the longest lava tube cave which is over 38 miles long
what is the Kazumara cave in Hawaii?
are you strong 💪 or weak
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other:weak
pseudokarst
karst like features formed on any kind of rock by other ways than solution
what is unusual for the Karst terrain in the Guadalupe mountains in New Mexico?
They are a result of limestone being dissolved by sulfuric acid rising (not seeping down as in the case of proper karsting).
which term stands for this equation:
NaCl+H2O=Na+++CL-
dissolution, dissociation or neither?
dissociaton
how are the carlsbad caverns in new mexico formed
by sulfuric acid rising
is Canada 🍁 or USA better
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