After reading Chapter 17, you should be able to:
- Describe the influence of subsurface water on underground features and surface topography.
- Describe the basic chemistry of solution and precipitation and explain the importance of bedrock type and structure in terms of solution.
- Describe the action of subsurface water in forming karst topography.
- Identify and define landforms associated with karst topography: sinkholes, collapse doline, caverns, mogotes, haystack hills, and uvala.
- Define hydrothermal activity and identify associated landforms.
