GEOG 1114 1st Edition Lecture 29 Outline of Last Lecture Karst topography Weathering Features of Karst topography Ozark region Outline of Current Lecture Karst topography continued Features continued Sinkholes Underground streams Hydrothermal features Current Lecture Features of Karst Topography continued Limestone Caverns Large opening beneath the Earths surface that result from solation process Often found in areas with massive limestone deposits Ozark Region Stalactite hang like icicles These notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor s lecture GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes not as a substitute Stalagmite form when water hits floor If they connect they re called columns Sinkholes Rounded depressions that form from dissolution of surface carbonate rock Result from the collapse of the roof of a surface cavern Wide size range Underground Streams surface runoff that is channeled on karst regions surface drainage is missing instead water seeps downward along joints Hydrothermal Features Activity hot water that comes to the surface Hot Springs and their associated deposits Water heated by magma Forced upward from pressure resulting from heating Algae Mineral deposits and limestone terraces Deposits downslope from hot springs On flat land get concentric rings of mineral deposits On sloping land get travertine terraces
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