Karst (disambiguation)
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Karst usually refers to Karst topography
, a landscape shaped by the dissolution of layers of soluble bedrock.
Karst may also refer to the following:
Karst topography
Karst topography is a geologic formation shaped by the dissolution of a layer or layers of soluble bedrock, usually carbonate rock such as limestone or dolomite, but has also been documented for weathering resistant rocks like quartzite given the right conditions.Due to subterranean drainage, there...
, a landscape shaped by the dissolution of layers of soluble bedrock.
Karst may also refer to the following:
- Karst (surname)Karst (surname)Karst as a surname may refer to one of the following persons.*Ed Karst*Raymond W. Karst*Michael Karst*John Karst* John Karst engraver*P.Karst, a standard abbreviation for Petter Adolf Karsten...
- KrasKrasKarst ; also known as the Karst Plateau, is a limestone borderline plateau region extending in southwestern Slovenia and northeastern Italy. It lies between the Vipava Valley, the low hills surrounding the valley, the westernmost part of the Brkini Hills, northern Istria, and the Gulf of Trieste...
, also called Karst, a limestone plateau region in Italy and Slovenia - 22868 Karst22868 Karst22868 Karst is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 9, 1999 by the Lincoln Laboratory Near-Earth Asteroid Research Team at Socorro.- External links :*...
, an asteroid - KARSTKARSTKilometer-square Area Radio Synthesis Telescope is a Chinese telescope project to which FAST is a forerunner. KARST is a set of large spherical reflectors on karst landforms, which are bowlshaped limestone sinkholes named after the Kras region in Slovenia and Northern Italy. It will consist of...
(Kilometer-square Area Radio Synthesis Telescope), Chinese telescope - Karst, a character in Nintendo's Golden Sun video game series
- Karst Trail, a footpath in Germany