Among others, the participants will get answers to the following questions:
•When, where and conditions under which karst became paleokarst;
•What is the preservation potential of karst/paleokarst;
•Why paleokarst studies are important in sequence stratigraphy (stratigraphic hierarchy of paleokarst);
•How to differentiate geotectonically from eustatically induced paleokarst;
•What are differences among paleokarsts developed under different climatic conditions;
•Which metallic and non-metallic resources are related to paleokarst;
•Are there any typical mineralogical, isotopic and geochemical signatures of paleokarst deposits and its host-rock;
•How to differentiate paleokarst from other unconformities in carbonate strata.
Topics that will be covered:
•paleokarst (hydrogeology, chemistry, geology and forms);
•similarities and distinctions between paleokarst and karstic or non-karstic features that are commonly misinterpreted as paleokarst;
•metallic and non-metallic resources related to paleokarst;
•paleokarst as a sequence boundary.
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