Origin of the term ?karst,? and the transformation of the classical karst (kras)¶
Gams. (1993). Origin of the term ?karst,? and the transformation of the classical karst (kras). Environmental Geology.
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- The Classical Karst — the Kras (Carso) plateau straddling Slovenia and Italy — is the landscape that gave the phenomenon its name and remains its type locality
This sourceGams traces the term: the limestone region northeast of the Bay of Trieste is 'kras' in Slovenian, 'karst' in German and 'carso' in Italian, from a pre-Indo-European root karra, 'stony', and in the nineteenth century that regional name 'came to be adopted as the generic name for all dissolutional landscapes and hydrogeological systems'.
- The Classical Karst — the Kras (Carso) plateau straddling Slovenia and Italy — is the landscape that gave the phenomenon its name and remains its type locality
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