A simulation study of the development of rillenkarren

Abstract Rillenkarren are patterns of tightly packed, small solution rills found upon bare, sloping surfaces of soluble rocks in all climates. They head at the crest of a slope and are replaced downslope by a planar solution surface, the ausgleichfläche. Development has been simulated successfully using a rainfall simulator and plaster of paris blocks. Ten principal experiments were completed with blocks at inclinations ranging 22½–60°, …