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Copyright © 2022 Eve L. Kuniansky, Charles J. Taylor, and Frederick Paillet (The Authors)
Published by the Groundwater Project, Guelph, Ontario, Canada, 2022.
Kuniansky, Eve L.
Introduction to Karst Aquifers/(Eve L. Kuniansky, Charles J. Taylor, John H. Williams, and Frederick Paillet) – Guelph, Ontario, Canada, 2022.
216 pages
ISBN: 978-1-77470-040-2
DOI: https://doi.org/10.21083/978-1-77470-040-2
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APA (7th ed.) Citation: Kuniansky, E. L., Taylor C. J., Williams J.H., & Paillet F. (2022). Introduction to Karst Aquifers. The Groundwater Project. doi.org/10.21083/978-1-77470-040-2

Domain Editors: John Cherry and Eileen Poeter
Board: John Cherry, Paul Hsieh, Ineke Kalwij, Stephen Moran, Everton de Oliveira and Eileen Poeter
Steering Committee: John Cherry, Allan Freeze, Paul Hsieh, Ineke Kalwij, Douglas Mackay, Stephen Moran, Everton de Oliveira, Beth Parker, Eileen Poeter, Ying Fan, Warren Wood, and Yan Zheng.
Cover Images: Images of karst features around the globe as follows:
Top row, left to right: Example of forest karst towers from Li River, China near Guilin (Eve Kuniansky, November, 2006), Waterslide Cave, Stephens Gap Callahan Cave Preserve, Southeastern Cave Conservancy, Jackson County, Alabama, Mississippian Age Pennington Formation (Alan Cressler, November 22, 2014), Putai Blowholes and Pancake Rocks, stylobedding, Dolomite Point, Paparoa National Park, Buller District, West Coast, New Zealand (Alan Cressler, January 3, 2013), Deer Cave, West Entrance Area, Gunung Mulu National Park, Borneo, Sarawak, Malaysia (Alan Cressler, November 25, 2009).
Middle row, left to right: Conduits formed along fractures and bedding planes in the middle portion of the Glen Rose Limestone as seen along the channel of Canyon Gorge, Texas- (Bob Morris, U.S. Geological Survey, May 18, 2017), Sinkhole lakes near Carlsbad, New Mexico (Eve Kuniansky, U.S. Geological Survey 2014), Upper Cueva Ventana, Ventana Entrance, Municipio de Arecibo, Puerto Rico, overlooking the Rio Grande de Arecibo valley (Alan Cressler, January 8, 2005), unnamed West Virginia spring (Eve Kuniansky, U.S. Geological Survey, August 22, 2002).
Bottom row, left to right: Blue Hole Spring vent, Ichetucknee Springs State Park, Suwannee County, Florida (Alan Cressler, November 21, 2011), Spring that flows out of base of cliff and forms a creek that flows into the Buffalo River, Arkansas (Patrick Tucci, retired U.S. Geological Survey, April 28, 2011), Ocala Limestone, Eocene Age, Ozello Archipelago, Gulf of Mexico, Citrus County, Florida (Alan Cressler, March 17, 2016).
All photographs used with permission. U.S. Geological Survey photographs taken while on duty are in the public domain. All photographs by Alan Cressler used with permission and under copyright by Alan Cressler.