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karstology

karstology noun: a field within geomorphology, specializing in the study of karst formations.

Noun

karstology (uncountable)

  1. A field within geomorphology, specializing in the study of karst formations.
    • The symposium on physical speleology had six sessions, at which 33 papers were presented, on the origin and morphology of caves, economic speleology, cave sediments, climatology of caves, caves around the Mediterranean, regional karstology, general karstology . . .1962, Rane L. Curl, "Speleology," Science, New Series, vol. 137, no. 3526, p. 285

Origin of karstology

From karst + -ology.

Words formed from karstology

Questions about karstology

What does karstology mean?
Karstology means a field within geomorphology, specializing in the study of karst formations.
What part of speech is karstology?
Karstology is a noun.

Words near karstology in the dictionary

  1. karstland
  2. karstlike
  3. karstological
  4. karstologist
  5. karstologists
  6. karstology
  7. karsts
  8. karstwater
  9. karsy
  10. Karsyn
  11. kart

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