Paleocollapse is a rock structure resembling a karst landform that is instead formed by the dissolution of underlying sedimentary rock in the geologic past, also called paleo karst collapse. As the buried rock dissolves away, the formerly intact rock above it collapses, producing extensive fractures, debris pipes and open caverns, with the process normally begun and completed long before the present day.
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In Discipline: Speleology, Lead paragraph
Paleocollapse is a rock structure resembling the karst landform, but is formed essentially by the dissolution of underlying sedimentary rock
Caused By: Karstification, Lead paragraph
Paleocollapse is a rock structure resembling the karst landform, but is formed essentially by the dissolution of underlying sedimentary rock
In Group: Karst Landscapes and Landforms, Lead sentence
Paleocollapse is a rock structure resembling the karst landform, but is formed essentially by the dissolution of underlying sedimentary rock.
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