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English
Etymology
From karst + -ology.
Noun
karstology (uncountable)
- A field within geomorphology, specializing in the study of karst formations.[1]
- 1962, Rane L. Curl, "Speleology," Science, New Series, vol. 137, no. 3526, p. 285:
- The symposium on physical speleology had six sessions, at which 33 papers were presented, on the origin and morphology of caves, economic speleology, cave sediments, climatology of caves, caves around the Mediterranean, regional karstology, general karstology . . .
Derived terms
Translations
field within geomorphology
References
- ^ Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd ed., 1989.