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Glossary

Glossary of Karst and Cave Terms

buried karst
Karst topography entirely buried by relatively younger post-rock or sediments and not part of the contemporary landscape [17]. Synonyms: fossil karst; (French.) karst couvert, karst fossile, paleokarst; (German.) bedeckter Karst, Urkarst; (Greek.) kaymeno paleokarst; (Italian.) carso sepolto; (Spanish.) karst soterrado; (Turkish.) gomulu karst; (Yugoslavian.) pokriveni krs See also covered karst; paleokarst; subsoil karst.