Sinkhole Form as an Indicator of Process in Karst Landscape Evolution

Although exhaustive studies of solution rate variability have traditionally dominated karst geomorphology they have, so far, failed to identify reliable form-process relationships. This study creates a methodology for precise definition of the morphology of the basic karst unit, the sinkhole; and then using a random, stratified sampling design, postulates and evaluates the importance of non-solutional processes in the development of sinkholes in two contrasting karst subtypes (normal and exhuming fluviokarst) of the Mitchell Plain, south central Indiana.

Name thesis:degree_name

Ph.D.

Level thesis:degree_level

Dissertation

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Geography

Grantor

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Year dc:date

2014

Author dc:creator

• Hansel, Ardith K.

• Physical Geography

Language dc:language

eng

Identifier

(UMI)AAI8108531

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/67500