Largest Alpine Karst Area In Scandinavia
Thursday, 5. November 2009, 10:37:26
The Norwegian Glomfjellet hosts the largest alpine karst area in Scandinavia. The Glomfjell karst consists of some 200 km² metacarbonates containing bands of relatively pure calcite marble (’grey marble’) interbedded with mica schist and less purer, micaeous marble (’yellow marble’).
The karst topography includes caves, dolines, bogazes, and karren.
It is planned to be a “Verneområde” (Area of Conservation) and is in this context described in an article at the Norwegian Geoportalen. Now, although the article is written in Norwegian it contains some really nice pictures of karst and other geologic features in the area for everybody to enjoy - just scroll downwards. So DO click here.
Latitude and longitude 66° 47' 8.95" N 14° 12' 8.04" E
Note:
A bogaz is a type of formation in which the rock (usually limestone) was eaten away along a joint to form a long, narrow cleft or ravine. They often have steep, almost vertical sides. This is exactly the same thing as a grike, except bigger. Boğaz is Turkish for throat.
Karren are furrows or channels formed on the surface of soluble bedrock by dissolution of a portion of the rock. (Also known as lapies.)
In Norwegian:
The karst topography includes caves, dolines, bogazes, and karren.
It is planned to be a “Verneområde” (Area of Conservation) and is in this context described in an article at the Norwegian Geoportalen. Now, although the article is written in Norwegian it contains some really nice pictures of karst and other geologic features in the area for everybody to enjoy - just scroll downwards. So DO click here.
Latitude and longitude 66° 47' 8.95" N 14° 12' 8.04" E
Note:
A bogaz is a type of formation in which the rock (usually limestone) was eaten away along a joint to form a long, narrow cleft or ravine. They often have steep, almost vertical sides. This is exactly the same thing as a grike, except bigger. Boğaz is Turkish for throat.
Karren are furrows or channels formed on the surface of soluble bedrock by dissolution of a portion of the rock. (Also known as lapies.)
In Norwegian:
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http://www.geoportalen.no/nasjonalarv/forslagene/glomfjellet/
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http://www.meloy.kommune.no/nordland/meloy/meloyk.nsf/0/F37FED3BD6D1ECF3C125754E00326BEC?OpenDocument
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