syngenetic karst

   1. Karst developed contemporaneously with the lithification of the formation, as in eolian calcarenite where lithification and karstification of dune sands may proceed simultaneously [10].

   2. Karst landforms that developed upon young, porous carbonate rocks, such as aeolianites, as they underwent lithification [9].

   Synonyms: (French.) karst syngénétique; (German.) Syngenetischer Karst; (Greek.) synegeticon karst; (Italian.) carsismo singenetico; (Spanish.) karst singenético; (Turkish.) eÕtürümlü karst; (Yugoslavian.) singenetski krs \# ( kras).