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Tower karst

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Tower karst at Li River, Guilin, China

Tower karst are tall rock structures made up of soluble rock such as limestone. Tower karst forms as near-vertical joints and fractures are eroded downward by solution leaving parts of a previously coherent rock mass isolated from each other.[1] Tower karst is most common in tropical regions,[1] although it may form in other climates as well.[2]

Examples include Khao Phing Kan, also known as James Bond Island, in Thailand, and Cat Ba Island in Vietnam.[3]

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References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Cave: Cone and tower karst". Encyclopædia Britannica. https://www.britannica.com/science/tower-karst. Retrieved April 8, 2019. 
  2. ↑ Brook, G. A.; Ford, D. C. (1978). "The origin of labyrinth and tower karst and the climatic conditions necessary for their development". Nature 275 (5680): 493–496. doi:10.1038/275493a0. 
  3. ↑ Gleeson, Tom (November 4, 2017). "Of Karst! – short episodes about karst". American Geophysical Union. https://blogs.agu.org/waterunderground/2017/11/04/karst-short-episodes-karst-3/. 



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