Overview
- Enhances our understanding of karst features of Sicily
- Summarizes the latest studies on Sicily’s karst
- Discusses the genesis and lithology of karst features of Sicily
Part of the book series: Cave and Karst Systems of the World (CAKASYWO)
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About this book
This book describes Sicily’s unique and varied karst features, discussing the notable geographical areas, their lithology and genesis and, in a number of cases, their value as geosites to be preserved for scientific or tourism purposes. The rich variety of Meso-Cenozoic outcropping rocks in Sicily make the island highly significant in terms of the geological history of the Mediterranean area.
The soluble rocks (limestones and gypsum), widely present on the island, play an important role in shaping and continuously altering the landscape, both in the reliefs with spectacular fluviokarst cayons and suggestive gorges, and below ground where there is a wide range of speleogenically and speleologically important caves.
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Karst of Sicily
Book Subtitle: A Journey Inside and Outside the Island’s Mountains
Authors: Rosario Ruggieri
Series Title: Cave and Karst Systems of the World
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-07406-6
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2022
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-031-07405-9Published: 15 September 2022
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-031-07408-0Published: 16 September 2023
eBook ISBN: 978-3-031-07406-6Published: 14 September 2022
Series ISSN: 2364-4591
Series E-ISSN: 2364-4605
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVIII, 474
Number of Illustrations: 34 b/w illustrations, 866 illustrations in colour
Topics: Hydrogeology, Hydrology/Water Resources, Geomorphology