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Dissolution Processes
Bedrock structure
Role in dissolution
More openings, more
groundwater penetration
Precipitation processes
Large
Open underground areas
Limestone depositions
2 stages
Initial excavation
Dissolves bedrock
Leaves voids
Decoration stage
Karst Topography
Karst
Sinkhole (doline)
Depression
Collapse doline
Uvala
Chain of intersecting
sinkholes
Tower karst
Steep-sided hills
Mogote
Haystack hills
Swallow hole
Opening in sinkhole
where surface
drainage can escape
Hydrothermal Features
Hot springs
Geysers
Fumaroles
Yellowstone
3 conditions
Heat source
Abundance of water
Weak ground surface
Chapter 17 Solution Processes and Karst Topography
Supplemental Slides
Landform
Development
Karst Landforms
Landforms developed as a result of the
dissolving of limestone by groundwater
Sinkholes
Solution sinkholes
Collapse sinkoles
Caves / caverns
Disappearing streams
Swallow hole
Dolines
Limestone Cave
Features
Speleothems
Stalactites
Stalagmites
Speleology
Geothermal water
Hot spring
Geyser