Abstract
A new karst style, labyrinth karst, is recognised in climates ranging from humid tropical to subarctic. In the late stages of evolution it is replaced by limestone towers indicating that tower karst is polygenetic, and not specific to the humid tropics as was once thought.
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Brook, G., Ford, D. The origin of labyrinth and tower karst and the climatic conditions necessary for their development. Nature 275, 493–496 (1978). https://doi.org/10.1038/275493a0
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