Conference
Principal features of evaporite karst in Canada
Abstract
Outcrops of sulfate and mixed sulfate-carbonate rocks are common every where in Canada outside of the Shield province. Interstratal salt deposits are abundant in the interior lowlands. Types of karst that occur are determined chiefly by relations between (i) formation thickness and purity, (ii) regional topography and hydraulic gradient, (iii) effects of receding Wisconsinan and earlier glaciers, and (iv) extent of modern permafrost.Exposures …
Authors
Ford DC
Volume
12
Pagination
pp. 15-23
Publisher
Springer Nature
Publication Date
March 1997
DOI
10.1007/bf03175798
Conference proceedings
Carbonates and Evaporites
Issue
1
ISSN
0891-2556