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karstification Geomorphol.|ˌkɑːstɪfɪˈkeɪʃən|
[f. karst, Karst + -ification.]
Development of karst or karstic features; alteration into karst. So ˈkarstify v. trans., to subject to karstification; ˈkarstified, ˈkarstifying ppl. adjs.
1958Geogr. Jrnl. CXXIV. 186 ‘Karstification’ of the White Limestones began..after the mid-Miocene movements. 1968R. W. Fairbridge Encycl. Geomorphol. 582/2 For a karst to develop fully or for an area to become karstified, the region must possess the following set of features. 1972Science 12 May 664/2 The book is a bit thin on chemistry, considering that karstification is mainly a chemical process. 1972F. Darányi in Herak & Stringfield Karst viii. 283 Karst surfaces in Hungary occupy an area of some 3,000 km2. The contributions of the various epochs are, however, very different, being dependent on stratigraphic position, thickness, tectonic setting, and karstifying agents. Ibid., On the present-day surface of the western half of the Mecsek, the 400 m thick Anisian sequence has been karstified. |