recharge, autogenic

recharge, autogenic
   Recharge derived from precipitation directly onto the karst landscape. Diffuse autogenic recharge is used to describe the slow percolation of recharge through a myriad of small openings while concentrated autogenic recharge is used to describe the concentrated recharge that occurs by flow into large fractures, sinkholes, and sinking streams.

A Lexicon of Cave and Karst Terminology with Special Reference to Environmental Karst Hydrology. . 2002.

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  • autogenic —    Formed or generated in place [1].    See also allogenic; recharge, autogenic; recharge, allogenic …   Lexicon of Cave and Karst Terminology

  • allogenic —    Formed or generated elsewhere, usually at a distant place [1].    See also autogenic; recharge, allogenic; recharge, autogenic …   Lexicon of Cave and Karst Terminology

  • authigenic —    Formed or generated in place [1].    See also allogenic; recharge, autogenic; recharge, allogenic …   Lexicon of Cave and Karst Terminology

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