Geomorphology and the Earth
Groundwater and karst landforms
Concepts to cover
- Water table, aquifers, springs and artesian basins
- Conditions for karst: thick jointed limestone or dolomite, permeability, solution by carbonic acid
- Swallow holes, sinkholes, dolines, uvalas and poljes
- Lapies, clints and grikes, limestone pavements
- Caves, stalactites, stalagmites and pillars
- Chalk landscapes: escarpments, dry valleys, downs