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Limestone and Karst: What Deep Time Can Do

Check out limestone, one of nature’s most amazing rocks, with medical, economic, and sightseeing benefits. Not to mention, limestone provides insight into environments eons ago. Examine its chemistry and the ways it forms. Survey different kinds of limestone, including types that preserve detailed fossils. Finally, look at sinkholes and caves, which occur in limestone karst topography.

English
  • Originally Aired July 15, 2022
  • Runtime 32 minutes
  • Production Company The Great Courses
  • Created April 30, 2024 by
    Mandarin7584
  • Modified May 3, 2024 by
    briano89