DEGREE OF KARSTIFICATION

The ratio of the volume of openings to the total volume of a soluble massif, expressed as a percentage. It is the sum of the activity indices from the initiation of karstification, and so is normally applied only to carbonate rocks with little or no primary porosity [20].

Related to corrosion and solution.

Synonyms:(French.)tauxdekarstification; (German.)Ausmaß(Grad)derVerkarstung; (Greek.)vathmoskarstikiiseos; (Italian.)gradodicarsificazione; (Spanish.)gradodekarstificación; (Turkish.) karstlaÕmaderecesi; (Yugoslavian.)stupanjkrs\#kogprocesa,stopnjazakrasevanja,stepenkarstifikacijé.