The karst systems of Florida : understanding karst in a geologically young terrain /
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Cham, Switzerland :
Springer,
[2018]
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| Series: | Cave and karst systems of the world.
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Table of Contents:
- Intro; Preface; Acknowledgments; Contents; 1: Eogenetic Karst in Florida; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 Importance of Karst Processes; 1.2.1 Definitions of Karst and Karst Processes; 1.2.2 Why Study Florida Karst?; 1.2.3 Geologic Hazards and Resources in Florida; 1.2.4 Florida's Karstic Aquifers; 1.3 Eogenetic and Telogenetic Karst; 1.3.1 Primary and Secondary Porosity and Permeability; 1.3.2 Comparison of Porosity in Geologically Ancient and Young Carbonate Sediments and Rocks; 1.3.3 Eogenetic and Telogenetic Karst; 1.4 Why Examine the Role of Cover Sediments in Florida?; 1.5 Summary
- 2.5.1 Sediment Grain Size2.5.1.1 Sediment Grain Size Classification; 2.5.1.2 Relationship of Grain Size and Depositional Environment; 2.5.1.3 Grain-Size Distributions; 2.5.2 Sorting (Gradation) of Sediments; 2.5.3 Sediment Packing; 2.5.4 Consolidation and Compaction; 2.5.4.1 Compaction of Granular Sediments; 2.5.4.2 Consolidation of Fine-Grained Sediments; 2.5.4.3 Matrix Porosity and Permeability in the Floridan Aquifer System; 2.5.4.4 Effect of Sediment Texture on Penetration Resistance and Sediment Strength; 2.5.5 Grain Shape; 2.5.6 Grain Frosting; 2.5.7 Cements and Coatings
- 2.6 Clay and Cohesive Sediments2.6.1 Clay Size Definitions; 2.6.2 Clay Minerals; 2.6.2.1 Mineralogy of Florida Clays: Overview; 2.6.2.2 Kaolinite; 2.6.2.3 Illite; 2.6.2.4 Smectite Group; 2.6.2.5 Chlorite Group; 2.6.2.6 Mixed-Layer Clay Minerals; 2.6.2.7 Palygorskite and Sepiolite: Clay Minerals with Fibrous Habits; 2.6.3 Other Minerals Likely to Occur in Clay Sizes; 2.6.3.1 Carbonate Minerals (Calcite, Aragonite, Dolomite); 2.6.3.2 Silicate and Silica Minerals (Feldspars, Micas, Quartz, Opal-CT); 2.6.3.3 Phosphate Minerals (Apatite, Wavellite, Millisite, Crandallite)
- 2.6.3.4 Sulfides2.6.4 Clay Surface Properties: Cohesion, Permeability, and Sorption; 2.6.4.1 Interaction of Water with Clay Minerals; 2.6.4.2 Effect of the Hydration Envelope on Clay Cohesion; 2.6.4.3 Effect of the Hydration Envelope on Clay Permeability; 2.6.4.4 Effect of Low Clay Permeability on Consolidation and Penetration Testing; 2.7 Classification of Carbonate Sediments and Rocks; 2.7.1 Dunham's Classification Scheme; 2.7.2 Allochems, Mud, and Wave and Current Energy; 2.8 Classification of Siliciclastic Sediments; 2.9 Description of Sedimentary Strata