PPT-CAVE & KARST PROJECT

MANAGEMENT Dale L Pate NPS National Cave amp Karst Program Coordinator May 1216 2014 Cody Wyoming Cave amp Karst Project Management Importance of Understanding the Resources. Monica . Mustain. From groundwater encyclopedia: “. Refers to lands primarily underlain by limestone and dolomite where surface water is integrally connected to the ground water system from preferential flow routes.”. Amanda Laskoskie . 1. , Dr. Dorothy Vesper . 1 . , Dr. Harry Edenborn . 2. , Dr. Akram Alshawabkeh . 3. , Dr. Ingrid Padilla . 4. 1. . West Virginia University, . 2. Department of Energy, . 3. Northeastern University, . Jaskinia. Raj. Paradise Cave is one of the most . bea. u. tiful. cave. s. . in Poland and one of the most . popular. attraction. s. of . Świętokrzyskie. Mountain. s. . It’s situated near . Chęciny. Environments. What is . Karst. ?. The . land has different sized blocks of limestone which create fractures in the rock. . These . fractures are where the water seeps in, dissolves the rock, and forms caves.. Living with sinkholes. Cathy Pappas-. Maenz. Department of Geology. Dawson College. What is a sinkhole?. A hole in the ground which is not connected to surface drainage.. Sinkholes are typically found in a landscape referred to as “Karst Topography”. Chapter 7. Limestone features. The . Burren. , Co. Clare. Karst. The word . Karst. means exposed or bare ground. It is used mainly to describe a Limestone area where this . karstic. landscape can be seen. Ice Age Artists. Cro-Magnons, from Central and Eastern Europe.. Homo Sapiens with a greater ability to reason.. Arrived nearly 40,000 years ago in Western Europe where the Neanderthals had been living for 200,000 years.. Remember those aquifers? Well limestone erosion occurs in the aquifers that creates large empty pockets. These pockets are filled with water and minerals.. If the water table were to drop below these pockets they would become filled with air.. Caves, Sinkholes, and Carbonates, Oh My!. Karst-Develops in Carbonate Rocks. Carbonic Acid= CO2 + H2O. Caves and Caverns. Formed from the chemical weathering of limestone and dolomite through carbonic acid. Cracks open and eventually widen to make a cave. . A BRIEF REVIEW OF THOUGHT. ~1880 - ~1960. Derek Ford. McMaster University. Canada. Before the 18. th. Century ‘Age of. Living with sinkholes. Cathy Pappas-. Maenz. Department of Geology. Dawson College. What is a sinkhole?. A hole in the ground which is not connected to surface drainage.. Sinkholes are typically found in a landscape referred to as “Karst Topography”. Fall . 2017. Central Premise. Karst is defined as a self-organizing aquifer. Interaction and feedback between soluble matrix and solvent flow. In carbonate aquifers, the self-organization can occur without biota. The Water Cycle. Click here for an animation. Increase in runoff with urbanization. Decrease in infiltration. Groundwater. is simply water under the ground where the soil is completely filled or . saturated with water. 7URIAG THE CBASTRUCTIBA BF THE EXPRESSJAL 5ETJEEA KLAAEC AA7 RAI KAL CLASSICAL KARSTZAKRASELBST IB7BABSAIKA RAZKRITA PRI GRA7AJI AITBCESTE ME7 KLAACEM IA RAIM KALBM KLASIAI MARTIA KAEZ TA7EJ SLA5E S