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Title: KARST AND PSEUDOKARST LANDSCAPE OF GEORGIA (CAUCASUS). A SHORT REVIEW.
KARST AND PSEUDOKARST LANDSCAPE OF GEORGIA (CAUCASUS). A SHORT REVIEW.

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L. Asanidze; Z. Lezhava; K. Tsikarishvili; G. Gaprindashvili; N. Chikhradze
10.5593/sgem2021/1.1/s01.009
1314-2704
978-619-7603-20-0
English
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• Prof. DSc. Oleksandr Trofymchuk, UKRAINE
• Prof. Dr. hab. oec. Baiba Rivza, LATVIA
Geology
Georgia is a classical karst country, where a variety of surface and underground karst forms are represented. The main aim of this work is to present karst and pseudokarst features in Georgia, which occupy 17.9% or 12,454 km2 of the entire territory of Georgia. All layers of the Upper Jurassic, as well as the Cretaceous and Lower Paleogene systems are being karstified in Georgia About 10.2% (7120 km2) of the country is occupied by karst (carbonate rocks). Limestones are represented by Upper Jurassic, Cretaceous and Lower Paleogene ages, while the crushed rocks (conglomerates, sandstones, breccias) with limestone cement represent the clastokarst distribution area of Neogene and Quaternary ages. Significant areas (About 7.7% or 5334 km2 of the country) are also occupied by pseudo-karst relief developed in Mio-Pliocene clays and clay-rocks and Upper Eocene gypsum suite. Natural cavities are also found in effusive rocks, which cover large areas in southern Georgia. However, such pseudokarstic areas do not contain cave systems of significant size, but only contain some surface pseudokarst morphologies.
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21st International Multidisciplinary Scientific GeoConference SGEM 2021
21st International Multidisciplinary Scientific GeoConference SGEM 2021, 16 - 22 August, 2021
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SGEM International Multidisciplinary Scientific GeoConference
SWS Scholarly Society; Acad Sci Czech Republ; Latvian Acad Sci; Polish Acad Sci; Serbian Acad Sci & Arts; Natl Acad Sci Ukraine; Natl Acad Sci Armenia; Sci Council Japan; European Acad Sci, Arts & Letters; Acad Fine Arts Zagreb Croatia; Croatian Acad Sci
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16 - 22 August, 2021
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Karst; Pseudokarst; Limestones; Caves; Georgia