单词 | pseudokarst |
释义 | pseudokarstn. Geomorphology. A kind of topography resembling karst in ground other than limestone, produced by subterranean erosion rather than solution of rock. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > land > landscape > [noun] > types of terrain patchwork1865 Mound Region1873 boulder-flat1884 karrenfeld1885 boulder-belt1894 karst land1894 karst1902 felsenmeer1905 stone-field1906 staircasing1911 fundament1928 strewn field1937 thermokarst1943 patterned ground1950 pseudokarst1954 tower karst1954 tektite field1960 stone pavement1969 1954 W. R. Halliday Pseudokarst (Technical Note No. 25, Nat. Speleological Soc., U.S.) 1 Because the non-solugenic processes are analogous rather than homologous, it seems preferable that they should be considered as independent phenomena, i.e. pseudokarst. 1968 R. W. Fairbridge Encycl. Geomorphol. 849/2 Pseudokarsts produced by piping display disappearing streams, sinkholes,..residual hills and caves. 1999 Jrnl. Biogeogr. 26 580/1 A series of rocky undulating plateaus..with pseudo-karst sink holes forming swamps. Derivatives ˌpseudoˈkarstic adj. of the nature of or characteristic of pseudokarst. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > land > landscape > [adjective] > types of terrain stone-faced1632 karst1894 polygonal1924 karstic1925 sorted1950 pseudokarstic1960 1960 Bull. Nat. Speleol. Soc. 22 ii. 109/1 Areas showing pseudokarstic features are distributed quite widely throughout the Western United States. 1971 J. N. Jennings Karst i. 5 More obviously pseudokarstic are larger caves..and collapse depressions. 1994 Folia Zoologica 43 455 (title) Bat communities of three small pseudokarstic caves in eastern Bohemia. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1954 |
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