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2005 | OriginalPaper | Chapter

Karst Coasts

Author : Roland P. Paskoff

Published in: Encyclopedia of Coastal Science

Publisher: Springer Netherlands

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Karst coasts are defined as coasts made of calcareous rocks and showing distinctive geomorphic characteristics related to their lithologic nature (Jennings, 1985). In some cases, these original features are directly due to seawater action and marine weathering. Halokarst is a word sometimes used to designate such erosion forms (Fairbridge, 1982). In other cases, karst coasts correspond to the exposure by coastal retreat or to the drowning by the postglacial transgression of subaerial or underground karst features, which are actually the result of limestone solution in continental environments (Trenhaile, 1987). …

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Metadata
Title
Karst Coasts
Author
Roland P. Paskoff
Copyright Year
2005
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Book
Encyclopedia of Coastal Science

Print ISBN: 978-1-4020-1903-6

Electronic ISBN: 978-1-4020-3880-8

Copyright Year: 2005

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/1-4020-3880-1_187