Introduction to Karst Aquifers

Abstract

Karst is of great importance to humanity and ecological systems because karst terrain makes up about 10 percent of the Earth’s surface, provides fresh drinking water to an estimated 10 percent of the world’s population and by some estimates supplies up to 25 percent of groundwater withdrawn for agricultural and industrial water use. Karst occurs in more than 100 countries, hence there is an immense scientific literature in many languages about karst. Many karst books are planned for publication by the Groundwater Project to cover many aspects of karst. This book: Introduction to Karst Aquifers in the topic domain: Introduction to Physical and Chemical processes is the first of the karst books.