Journal article
Rapid entrenchment of stream profiles in the salt caves of Mount Sedom, Israel
Abstract
Abstract Rock salt is approximately 1000 times more soluble than limestone and thus displays high rates of geomorphic evolution. Cave stream channel profiles and downcutting rates were studied in the Mount Sedom salt diapir, Dead Sea rift valley, Israel. Although the area is very arid (mean annual rainfall ≈ 50 mm), the diapir contains extensive karst systems of Holocene age. In the standard cave profile a vertical shaft at the upstream end …
Authors
Frumkin A; Ford DC
Journal
Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, Vol. 20, No. 2, pp. 139–152
Publisher
Wiley
Publication Date
March 1995
DOI
10.1002/esp.3290200205
ISSN
0197-9337