Why is karst geology important?last question to finish my assignment...please HELP!!?

Question

· Environmentally,

· Economically,

· Historically,

· etc…

Answer 1

Here is a start,

- sinkholes, vertical shafts, disappearing streams, springs, —complex underground drainage systems and caves

- rain falls picks up CO2 which dissolves in the droplets

- rain hits ground, goes through the soil and picks up more CO2 and makes weak solution of carbonic acid

- bedrock can dissolve especially if limestone type

— archaeological value

— Provides jobs and recreation

- recreational cavers explore, photograph (helictites for example)  and map (spelunking)

- study of caves and other karst features (speleology) - structure, physical properties, how formed, history, life forms -cave hydrology and biology, geochemistry, surveying and mapping

— Construction around karst areas

- ground surface instability

- unpredictable foundation depths

- road collapse, or washout due to sinkhole development

- deep openings  in the bedrock

- near-surface cavities and caves with thin ceilings

- requires special ways of building roads etc

Good Informative Sites

This site has everything you want so do check it first.

It dicusses the value of Karst Topography

http://ilmbwww.gov.bc.ca/risc/pubs/earth...

Management Recommendations for Construction

http://mdc.mo.gov/nathis/caves/manag_con...

Answer 2

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