karstingn.
/ˈkɑːstɪŋ/ Geomorphology.
= karstification n.
ΘΚΠ
the world > the earth > structure of the earth > formation of features > erosion or weathering > [noun] > erosion of specific features
planation1877
lateritization1882
wedging1882
laterization1890
peneplanation1899
overdeepening1901
karsting1921
laterizing1929
panplanation1933
pedimentation1940
pediplanation1942
karstification1958
1921 Geogr. Rev. 11 597 In youth, the surface of the land is still principally drained by the rivers which flow on the former surface of the land before the limestone subject to karsting was laid bare.
1956 D. L. Linton Sheffield ii. 27 Our knowledge of the ‘karsting’ of the limestone plateau of the southern Pennines is still elementary.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1976; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
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