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Covered Karsts

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The landforms of covered karst, originated in cryptokarst or concealed karst environment, are presented. Cryptokarst landforms include caprock dolines, ponors, blind valleys, epigenetic valleys and remnant caves. Typical concealed karst landforms are subsidence dolines, closed gullies (blind gullies) and blind suffosion gullies. On both types of covered karst, karren, depressions of superficial deposit and covered karst ponors occur. Numerous varieties of covered karst landforms are distinguished. According to their morphology, karren represent 15 varieties. According to their origin, caprock dolines represent 3; according to size, dropout dolines represent 8; and according to size, morphology and environment, suffosion dolines represent 8 varieties. Subsidence dolines are characterised by morphological parameters (distinguishing between features of karstic and non-karstic origin), ground plan, cross-section and shape of slope. The patterns of doline groups and their morphological environments are demonstrated as well as some varieties of subsidence pseudokarst depressions. Ponors are grouped according to their positions occupied in the karst into karst marginal and karst interior ponors. Karst interior ponors show four varieties according to the position of the rock boundary, while covered karst ponors have three varieties. Depressions of superficial deposit are characterised and grouped according to their position, bedrock morphology, cover sediments and degree of coveredness. Where it is reasonable, covered karst landforms on evaporites are presented separately (karren, salt step, solution subsidence trough, solution-induced depositional basin). The pseudokarst-covered karst landforms are also described.

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Veress, M. (2016). Covered Karst Landforms. In: Covered Karsts. Springer Geology. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-7518-2_5

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