Karst Topography Model

Karst Topography Model Activity Source: National Park Service (www.nps.gov/geology) and Forest Service (www.fs.fed.us/geology/resources). Adapted with permission.from the U.S. Geological Survey Open-file Report 97-536-A Karst Topography Computer animations and paper model, 1997 Did you know that a quarter of the world’s population gets drinking water from karst aquifers? Karst is the type of landscape that forms by dissolution of carbonate rocks (limestone, dolomite) or other highly soluble rocks such as evaporates (gypsum and rock salt). [Read More]