Karst system

Dreybrodt, W. 1988. Processes in karst systems. Springer, Heidelberg. 

The Lime Creek drainage is an alpine karst system developed in Mississippian Leadville Limestone on the west slope of the Sawatch Range, approximately 20 kilometers (12 miles) northeast of Aspen, Colorado (Fig. 1). The mapped area is approximately 23 km (9 mi ), at elevations between 2,740 and 3,350 m (9,000 to 11,000 ft). The area is bounded by tributary valleys of the Fryingpan River on the north, south, and and west. The eastern extent of the study area is defined by uplifted and exposed Precambrian granite, gneiss, and schist (Fig. 2). 

Dreybrodt, W., 1988, Processes in Karst Systems - Physics, Chemistry and Geology Springer Series in Physical Environments 5, Springer, Berlin, 288 p. 

Leutscher, M. Jeannin, P.-Y. (2004) Temperature distribution in karst systems the role of air and water fluxes. Terra Nova 16, 344-350. 

A) Conceptual model of the karst system with its physiology of water flow and C02 transport and release. (B) Cartoon of speleothem occurrence in relation to cave sedimentational history. (C) The concept of karstic capture of high-resolution climatic... 

Travertine 1) Any finely crystalline massive concretionary limestone formed by surface or groundwater evaporation. 2) Any flowstone deposit, hence the usage travertine implying stalagmitic flowstone. 3) Any carbonate deposit formed within a cave or karst system by secondary precipitation. 4) Massive, hard, dense carbonate deposits formed in association with open-air springs, streams, lakes, or marshes that precipitate carbonate. 

Dreybrodt, Prosesses in Karst system. Springer series in Physical Environment. 1988. Springer, Heideberg, 288. 

Torsuev, N.P. 2007. Prostranstvenno-vremennaya organi-zatsiya karstovykh system (Space-time organization of karst systems). Kazan Otechestvo. 

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