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It is a classic example of contact karst between the limestone and impermeable rock and is the type location for the landforms and terms karst and doline (swallowhole).
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The site has been fundamental to research on karst phenomena since the 19th century and it is from here that the geomorphological terms 'karst' and 'doline' originate.
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Sidorova O.V., & Naurzbaev, M. M. Reakzija na klimatitcheskie izmenemija listvennizi Kajandera na verchnei granitze lesa i v doline reki Indigirki Response of Larix Kajanderi to climatic changes at the upper timberline and in the Indigirka River valley.
Juckes and the Indigirka River Alter Ego « Climate Audit 2006
hernesheir commented on the word doline
(n): A geomorphic surface feature, which is an aspect of karst topography and which is a steep walled, open structure formed by and acting as a conduit for water entering a cave system.
cf. sinkhole, swallow hole, swallet, ponor
January 15, 2009
rolig commented on the word doline
O boy! another Slavonicism! This word, like karst, actually comes from from Slovene, in which dolina normally means "valley".
January 15, 2009
hernesheir commented on the word doline
By some conflated reasoning, I'd always associated karst, like meander, with the nation of Turkey. The latter term is named after a river that snakes back and forth along its floodplain.
January 15, 2009
rolig commented on the word doline
The western part of Slovenia is, literally, pitted with caves, sinkholes and disappearing rivers, and it was here, in this region called Kras in Slovene (Karst in German and Carso in Italian), that this particular limestone geology was first systematically investigated. The name of the region, however, is ancient and predates the arrival of the Slavs in the 6th century CE.
January 15, 2009
hernesheir commented on the word doline
Thanks for the great info and clarification rolig!.
January 15, 2009
Gammerstang commented on the word doline
A sinkhole, also known as a cenote, sink, sink-hole, swallet, swallow hole, or doline (the different terms for sinkholes are often used interchangeably), is a depression or hole in the ground caused by some form of collapse of the surface layer.
July 11, 2018