Gypsum Karst of the WorldAlexander Klimchouk |
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Andrejchuk anhydrite aquifer artesian basin blind valleys breakdown breccia Calaforra calcite carbonate karst CaSO4 cave systems cavities Chapter clay commonly confined cover beds deep-seated denuded depressions depths dissolution rates dolines dolomite entrenched karst environment evaporation evaporitic evolution exposed fissures flow foredeep formations Forti Geological Geomorphology Gorbunova groundwater gypsiferous gypsum and anhydrite gypsum beds gypsum caves gypsum deposits gypsum dissolution gypsum karst gypsum karst areas gypsum outcrops gypsum sequences hydrogeological hydrology intrastratal karst Italy karren karst features karst region karst types karstification Kempe Klimchouk km² landforms layer limestone locally maze caves metres minerals Miocene Neogene occur overlying palaeokarst passages Perm permeability Permian phreatic pipes Plateau Pre-Urals processes Pulido-Bosch recharge river Russian salt Santa Ninfa sediments shallow Shanxi Sicily sinkholes solubility solution Sorbas Spain speleogenesis speleothems structure subsidence sulphate rocks surface tectonic thick tion Triassic underground upper vadose vadose zone vertical Völker water table Western Ukraine zone