Gambier Karst Region - South Australia & Victoria

Solution Pipes

Solution pipes are a distinctive feature of syngenetic karst in dune limestone.

Selected photographs and diagrams

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Soil-filled solution pipes beneath a palaeosoil between two dune limestone formations.
Canunda National Park, SA
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A solution pipe, with a thin cemented rim
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A pair of small solution pipes. Scale bar is 10 cm.
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A field of closely-packed solution pipes, formed in a hard pan (calcreted soil)
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A group of closely-packed solution pipes. Scale bar is 10 cm.
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Solution pipes with cemented rims. At the "Petrified Forest", Cape Bridgewater, Vic.
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Stereo-Pair of solution pipes at the "Petrified Forest", Cape Bridgewater, Vic.
View stereopair with crossed-eyes
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Stereo-Pair of rounded base to a solution pipe. Scale bar is 10 cm.
"Petrified Forest", Cape Bridgewater, Vic.
View the stereopair with your eyes crossed
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Solution pipe entrance to Morgans Cave, SA
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Sand cone beneath a solution pipe. Fox Cave, Naracoorte, SA
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Rhizomorphs and calcite veins in dune limestone.
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