Paleokarst

Front Matter....Pages i-xi
Introduction....Pages 1-21
Front Matter....Pages 23-23
Characteristics of Dissolutional Cave Systems in Carbonate Rocks....Pages 25-57
Geochemical Patterns of Meteoric Diagenetic Systems and Their Application to Studies of Paleokarst....Pages 58-80
Controls on Mineralogy and Composition of Spelean Carbonates: Carlsbad Caverns, New Mexico....Pages 81-101
Breccia-Hosted Lead—Zinc Deposits in Carbonate Rocks....Pages 102-116
Blackened Limestone Pebbles: Fire at Subaerial Unconformities....Pages 117-131
Holocene Overprints of Pleistocene Paleokarst: Bight of Abaco, Bahamas....Pages 132-148
Neptunian Dikes and Fissure Fills: An Overview and....Pages 149-162
Front Matter....Pages 165-165
Proterozoic Paleokarst Profile, Dismal Lakes Group, N.W.T., Canada 1 ....Pages 167-182
Early Paleozoic Surface and Subsurface Paleokarst: Middle Ordovician Carbonates, Mingan Islands, Québec....Pages 183-210
Ordovician Knox Paleokarst Unconformity, Appalachians....Pages 211-228
Surface and Subsurface Paleokarst, Silurian Lockport, and Peebles Dolomites, Western Ohio....Pages 229-255
Madison Limestone (Mississippian) Paleokarst: A Geologic Synthesis....Pages 256-277
Late Mississippian Paleokarst and Related Mineral Deposits, Leadville Formation, Central Colorado....Pages 278-305
Paleokarstic Features in Mississippian Limestones, New Mexico....Pages 306-328
Paleokarsts and Paleosols as Indicators of Paleoclimate and Porosity Evolution: A Case Study from the Carboniferous of South Wales....Pages 329-341
Caves and Other Features of Permian Karst in San Andres Dolomite, Yates Field Reservoir, West Texas....Pages 342-363
Paleokarst and Related Pelagic Sediments in the Jurassic of the Subbetic Zone, Southern Spain....Pages 364-384
Sedimentation and Diagenesis Along an Island-Sheltered Platform Margin, El Abra Formation, Cretaceous of Mexico....Pages 385-405
Back Matter....Pages 407-416