Karst geoindicators of environmental change: the case of Lithuania
From 1978 to 1999, the mean chemical denudation rate in the active gypsum karst zone was 30% higher than from 1962 to 1977, a change mirrored by the increased total volume of new sinkholes that appeared in the 1980s and 1990s. We have calculated the rate of chemical denudation and sink-hole formatio...
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| Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
| Language: | English |
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2002
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| Online Access: | http://lmavb.lvb.lt/LMAVB:ELABAPDB5426133&prefLang=en_US |
| Summary: | From 1978 to 1999, the mean chemical denudation rate in the active gypsum karst zone was 30% higher than from 1962 to 1977, a change mirrored by the increased total volume of new sinkholes that appeared in the 1980s and 1990s. We have calculated the rate of chemical denudation and sink-hole formation in the last four decades and discuss karst activitiy as a geoindicator of environmental change. |
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