A Lexicon of Cave and Karst Terminology with Special Reference to Environmental Karst Hydrology. Courtesy of the author & The Karst Waters Institute. 2002.
doline — ; sinkhole A basin or funnel shaped hollow in limestone, ranging in diameter from a few meters up to a kilometer and in depth from a few to several hundred meters. Some dolines are gentle grassy hollows; others are rocky cliff bounded… … Lexicon of Cave and Karst Terminology
suffosion doline — More accurate synonym for a type of subsidence doline, indicating formation by the suffosion, or downwashing, of the soil into an underlying fissure [9]. Also known as shakehole … Lexicon of Cave and Karst Terminology
solution subsidence — 1. Any subsidence due to solution of underlying rock but particularly the subsidence of parts of a formation into hollows or pockets of an immediately underlying soluble formation [10]. 2. A crater like doline in rock other than karst… … Lexicon of Cave and Karst Terminology
geological organ — A cylindrical or funnelshaped cavity in relatively soluble bedrock which typically has a vertical orientation and is partly or wholly filled with material similar to the overlying sediment cover. They are produced by solution of bedrock and… … Lexicon of Cave and Karst Terminology
cave — cavelike, adj. /kayv/, n., v., caved, caving. n. 1. a hollow in the earth, esp. one opening more or less horizontally into a hill, mountain, etc. 2. a storage cellar, esp. for wine. 3. Eng. Hist. a secession, or a group of seceders, from a… … Universalium
shakehole — ; shakehole (England; sometimes spelled shackhole.) 1. Term used mainly by cavers to indicate a doline, especially one formed by subsidence. 2. Hole formed by solution, subsidence, and compaction in loose drift or alluvium overlying… … Lexicon of Cave and Karst Terminology
shake — ; shakehole (England; sometimes spelled shackhole.) 1. Term used mainly by cavers to indicate a doline, especially one formed by subsidence. 2. Hole formed by solution, subsidence, and compaction in loose drift or alluvium overlying… … Lexicon of Cave and Karst Terminology
ASIE - Géographie physique — L’Asie est le plus vaste des continents: 44 millions de kilomètres carrés. Elle s’étend sur 75 degrés de latitude et, en tenant compte des îles, sur 92 degrés (de la Severnaïa Zemlia, ou Terre du Nord, 810 de latitude nord, à l’île Roti, 110 de… … Encyclopédie Universelle
Sinkhole — For the War of 1812 battle, see Battle of the Sink Hole. For the type of wallet, see Wallet band#Swallet. A sink hole in Oman … Wikipedia
ARIDE (DOMAINE) — Le domaine aride se définit à partir de critères climatiques: il correspond aux régions du globe caractérisées par un bilan hydrique déficitaire résultant, pour l’essentiel, de l’insuffisance des précipitations par rapport aux prélèvements de… … Encyclopédie Universelle
