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Understanding the Nature of Collapsed Subsurface karsts: Analogues from the Tropical Karst Regions

Abstract- Karst is a distinctive landform that results from the dissolution of carbonate rocks, and the dissolutional process is considered to be an important geologic phenomenon that may lead to the formation of karst reservoirs. The process of burial, compaction and diagenesis is believed to t...

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Main Author: Chow , Weng Sum
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Published: 2012
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QE Geology
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spelling my.utp.eprints.81312017-03-20T02:12:11Z Understanding the Nature of Collapsed Subsurface karsts: Analogues from the Tropical Karst Regions Chow , Weng Sum QE Geology Abstract- Karst is a distinctive landform that results from the dissolution of carbonate rocks, and the dissolutional process is considered to be an important geologic phenomenon that may lead to the formation of karst reservoirs. The process of burial, compaction and diagenesis is believed to transform subaerial multiple karst caves into coalesced collapsed paleocave systems, but it is hypothesized that large passage caves of tropical karst regions can be evidence for the existence of large scale collapsed single cavern. In order to comprehend the mechanism of formation and dimensional increment after burial, a tropical karst cave was surveyed and world largest passage caves were considered. It is inferred that, not only deep burial of paleocave systems that result interconnected fractures and coalesced breccias, rather such phenomenon can be manifested if large cave passages are subjected to burial. Moreover, because of the presence of immense speleothem deposits that typify tropical karst areas, we suggest that additional cave facies, i.e. massive to slightly fractured speleothems, to be included in the pre-existing paleocave facies classification. Index Terms - Cave, collapse, karstification, tropical karst 2012-05 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed application/pdf http://eprints.utp.edu.my/8131/2/ICIPEG_Solomon_2012..pdf Chow , Weng Sum (2012) Understanding the Nature of Collapsed Subsurface karsts: Analogues from the Tropical Karst Regions. In: ICIPEG 2012, June 12-14, 2012, KLCC. http://eprints.utp.edu.my/8131/
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topic QE Geology
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Chow , Weng Sum
Understanding the Nature of Collapsed Subsurface karsts: Analogues from the Tropical Karst Regions
description Abstract- Karst is a distinctive landform that results from the dissolution of carbonate rocks, and the dissolutional process is considered to be an important geologic phenomenon that may lead to the formation of karst reservoirs. The process of burial, compaction and diagenesis is believed to transform subaerial multiple karst caves into coalesced collapsed paleocave systems, but it is hypothesized that large passage caves of tropical karst regions can be evidence for the existence of large scale collapsed single cavern. In order to comprehend the mechanism of formation and dimensional increment after burial, a tropical karst cave was surveyed and world largest passage caves were considered. It is inferred that, not only deep burial of paleocave systems that result interconnected fractures and coalesced breccias, rather such phenomenon can be manifested if large cave passages are subjected to burial. Moreover, because of the presence of immense speleothem deposits that typify tropical karst areas, we suggest that additional cave facies, i.e. massive to slightly fractured speleothems, to be included in the pre-existing paleocave facies classification. Index Terms - Cave, collapse, karstification, tropical karst
format Conference or Workshop Item
author Chow , Weng Sum
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title Understanding the Nature of Collapsed Subsurface karsts: Analogues from the Tropical Karst Regions
title_short Understanding the Nature of Collapsed Subsurface karsts: Analogues from the Tropical Karst Regions
title_full Understanding the Nature of Collapsed Subsurface karsts: Analogues from the Tropical Karst Regions
title_fullStr Understanding the Nature of Collapsed Subsurface karsts: Analogues from the Tropical Karst Regions
title_full_unstemmed Understanding the Nature of Collapsed Subsurface karsts: Analogues from the Tropical Karst Regions
title_sort understanding the nature of collapsed subsurface karsts: analogues from the tropical karst regions
publishDate 2012
url http://eprints.utp.edu.my/8131/2/ICIPEG_Solomon_2012..pdf
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