Karst Environments Karren Formation in High Mountains

About this book

With a focus on karren formation in high mountains, and specifically in the European Alps, this text summarizes the scientific results of systematic observations made during field trips, as well as the interpretation, using modern analytical methods, of the data collected. The author, who has been working in different types of karren landscapes for more than fifteen years, presents the conditions and processes of high mountain karren formation as well as the properties of karren features. The book analyzes karren phenomena, their development, and their formation under different environmental conditions.

Contents

1. Introduction.- 2.Major Characteristics of High Mountain Karstification.- 3. Karren Features.- 4. Karren Assemblages.- 5.Local Karren Belts.- 6. Coalescing of Karren Forms.- 7. Karren Cells.- 8. Relationship between the Levels of Karren Formation in Various High Mountain Environments.

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