Glossary:Doline

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[edit] Doline

Also sink hole or swallow hole

A closed depression in areas of limestone geology. They are formed as the carbonate rocks (limestone, dolomite etc.) are dissolved in percolating rainwater either at the surface, or in sub-surface caves the roofs of which collapse forming the doline.


Related Words: Carbonate



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