"Hypogene Speleogenesis: Hydrogeological and Morphogenetic Perspective"
by Dr. Alexander Klimchouk,
National Cave and Karst Research Institute
Special Paper No. 1, 2007, 106 pp.
This book, the first in a new series by the National Cave and Karst Research Institute, draws on international examples and the international experience of author Dr. Alexander Klimchouk to firmly establish hypogene speleogenesis as a major and wide-spread phenomenon. This book carefully outlines the characteristics of hypogenic karst aquifers, independent of their varied geochemistry, and provides practical guidance in recognizing such systems through more than 60 figures and 19 pages of color photos. Dr. Klimchouk concludes his book with a chapter that reevaluates karst management problems and economic resources relative to hypogenic processes. Hypogene Speleogenesis will be the starting point of many karst investigations for many years to come.
Contents
Foreword
List of Figures, Plates and Tables
Abstract
INTRODUCTION
1. BASIC CONCEPTS AND TERMINOLOGY
1.1 Karst and speleogenesis
1.2 Hypogenic, confined and deep-seated speleogenesis
2. KARST IN THE CONTEXT OF THE SYSTEMATIZED AND HIERARCHICAL NATURE
OF REGIONAL GROUNDWATER FLOW
3. ASCENDING HYPOGENIC SPELEOGENESIS
3.1 Cross-formational communication and basinal hydraulic continuity
3.2 Hydrostratigraphic conversion of soluble formations
3.3 The concept of transverse speleogenesis
3.4 Vertical heterogeneity in porosity and permeability
3.5 Recharge, cave-forming flow and discharge in hypogene settings
3.6 Dissolution processes in hypogenic speleogenesis
3.7 Mechanisms of hypogenic transverse speleogenesis
3.8 The role of free convection
4. HYPOGENIC CAVE FEATURES
4.1 Criteria for distinguishing the hypogenic transverse origin for caves
4.2 Cave patterns
4.3 The maze caves controversy
4.4 Cave morphology
4.5 Selected examples of caves formed by hypogenic transverse speleogenesis
4.6 Comparison of confined versus unconfined conduit porosity
5. SOME IMPLICATIONS OF THE HYPOGENIC TRANSVERSE SPELEOGENESIS CONCEPT
5.1 Variability in aquifer characteristics and behavior resulting from unconfined and confined
speleogenesis
5.2 The role of hypogenic speleogenesis in the formation of mineral deposits
5.3. Implications to petroleum geology and hydrogeology
5.4. Implications for sinkhole hazard and site assessments
EPILOGUE
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
REFERENCES
Contents
Foreword
List of Figures, Plates and Tables
Abstract
INTRODUCTION
1. BASIC CONCEPTS AND TERMINOLOGY
1.1 Karst and speleogenesis
1.2 Hypogenic, confined and deep-seated speleogenesis
2. KARST IN THE CONTEXT OF THE SYSTEMATIZED AND HIERARCHICAL NATURE
OF REGIONAL GROUNDWATER FLOW
3. ASCENDING HYPOGENIC SPELEOGENESIS
3.1 Cross-formational communication and basinal hydraulic continuity
3.2 Hydrostratigraphic conversion of soluble formations
3.3 The concept of transverse speleogenesis
3.4 Vertical heterogeneity in porosity and permeability
3.5 Recharge, cave-forming flow and discharge in hypogene settings
3.6 Dissolution processes in hypogenic speleogenesis
3.7 Mechanisms of hypogenic transverse speleogenesis
3.8 The role of free convection
4. HYPOGENIC CAVE FEATURES
4.1 Criteria for distinguishing the hypogenic transverse origin for caves
4.2 Cave patterns
4.3 The maze caves controversy
4.4 Cave morphology
4.5 Selected examples of caves formed by hypogenic transverse speleogenesis
4.6 Comparison of confined versus unconfined conduit porosity
5. SOME IMPLICATIONS OF THE HYPOGENIC TRANSVERSE SPELEOGENESIS CONCEPT
5.1 Variability in aquifer characteristics and behavior resulting from unconfined and confined
speleogenesis
5.2 The role of hypogenic speleogenesis in the formation of mineral deposits
5.3. Implications to petroleum geology and hydrogeology
5.4. Implications for sinkhole hazard and site assessments
EPILOGUE
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
REFERENCES
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