spring, perched karst

spring, perched karst
   The emergence of underground water some where above the basement of a calcareous massif caused by the interbedding of an impermeable or intermittent perched water table by restricting the vertical movement of water, which instead issues from the contact [19].

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

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