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paleokarst

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paleokarst [¦pāl·ē·ō‚kärst]
(geology)
A rock or area that has undergone the karst process and subsequently been buried under sediments.
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These depressions in the bedrock surface are consistent with paleokarst features underlying Winnipeg (Baracos and Kingerski, 1998).
Geology of the Parliament Buildings 5: Geology of the Manitoba ... by Young, Jeff / Geoscience Canada
Geology and Speleology were yet to develop as sciences, yet Lewis & Clark made significant observations of karst, pseudokarst, and paleokarst features.
Crossing the karst: speleological observations of Lewis & Clark on ... by Ashley, David / Transactions of the Missouri Academy of Science
The sandstones are similar in age and type to producing reservoirs in Oman and in the Cooper Basin (Australia) and the limestones are similar to producing reservoirs in the USA (such as the Viola and Trenton Formations) and in the Tarim Basin of Xinjiang in North West China, where Carboniferous sandstones unconformably overlie producing paleokarst in Ordovician limestones that are remarkably similar to those in Tasmania.
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