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Research Frontiers In Speleogenesis. Dominant Processes, Hydrogeological Conditions And Resulting Cave Patterns, Philippe Audra, Arthur N. Palmer
Research Frontiers In Speleogenesis. Dominant Processes, Hydrogeological Conditions And Resulting Cave Patterns, Philippe Audra, Arthur N. Palmer
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Speleogenesis is the development of well-organized cave systems by fluids moving through fissures of a soluble rock. Epigenic caves induced by biogenic CO2 soil production are dominant, whereas hypogenic caves resulting from uprising deep flow not directly connected to adjacent recharge areas appear to be more frequent than previously considered. The conceptual models of epigenic cave development moved from early models, through the “four-states model” involving fracture influence to explain deep loops, to the digital models demonstrating the adjustment of the main flow to the water table. The relationships with base level are complex and cave levels must be determined …
The Karst Paradigm: Changes, Trends And Perspectives, Alexander B. Klimchouk
The Karst Paradigm: Changes, Trends And Perspectives, Alexander B. Klimchouk
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The paper examines representative definitions of karst (21), and discusses some concepts that influenced the modern understanding of the phenomenon. Several trends are discussed that took karst science beyond the limits of the traditional paradigm of karst. Dramatic progress in studies of speleogenesis plays the most significant role in changes taking place in the general understanding of karst. Also important is an adoption of the broad perspective to karst evolution which goes beyond the contemporary geomorphologic epoch and encompasses the entire life of a geological formation. Speleogenesis is viewed as a dynamic hydrogeological process of self-organization of the permeability structure …