Karst Landscape

Question 1

Karst Landscape

Answer 1

Complex landscape sculpted by water due to the chemical weathering of carbonate-rich rocks (limestone/dolomite/gypsum)
caves, disappearing streams, springs

Question 2

Susceptible Areas

Answer 2

Bedrock composed of limestone is highly joined and thinly bedded, humid climates, high relief

Question 3

Formation

Answer 3

Rain falls through the atmosphere, picking up carbon dioxide. Hits ground, percolates through soil making a weak carbonic acid. Increasing in sizes allows an underground drainage to form. Eventually leading to the development of subsurface caves

Question 4

What does limestone dissolve into?

Answer 4

Enclosed bowl-shaped depressions known as dolines, and eventually poljes

Question 5

Stalactites

Answer 5

Hanging from cavern ceilings

Question 6

Stalagmites

Answer 6

From cavern floor

Question 7

Pillar

Answer 7

Stalactites and stalagmites combine

Question 8

Rainpits/grikes

Answer 8

Water moves limestone over rock surface, the solution process creates furrows and rills that can grow in size

Question 9

Uvalas/Poljes

Answer 9

Through continued weathering of dolines

Question 10

Limestone Pavement

Answer 10

Forms from solution weathering wearing down different parts of the limestone

Question 11

Carbon Dioxide Cascade

Answer 11

Process of karst formation

• Rain falls through the atmosphere picking up CO2
• percolates through the soil to pick up more CO2 to form a weak solution of carbonic acid

Question 12

Carbonate vs Calcite

Answer 12

Calcite: carbonate mineral. transparent, may be luminescent.
Carbonate: salt of carbonic acid. Found in the rocks as a mineral of calcite

Question 13

Swallow holes

Answer 13

Depression in the ground communicating with a subterranean passage