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This book provides an overview of covered karst types, covered karst features, functioning of covered karst features, the evolution of covered karst features and the development of covered karst reliefs. The introductory chapters present the characteristics of karst, the investigated areas and the applied methods. The covered karsts are categorized according to the quality and development of the superficial deposit and its geomorphological position and environment. The morphology, development, functioning, sediment development and the transformation of the karst features are presented. The relationship between the covered karst formation and climate is analyzed; including the covered karst formation of the tundra climate, taiga climate, temperate zone climate, subtropical, tropical climate and the high mountains. The manifestation of the human activity on covered karsts is presented.

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The karst features.- The general characterization of the covered karsts.- The investigated areas.- Methods.- The covered karst features and their characteristics.- The development of the covered karst features.- The functioning of the covered karst features and the consequences of their functioning.- The change and transformation of the covered karst features.- Climatic covered karsts.- The covered karst of the different rocks.- The development of covered karst reliefs.- Pseudo covered karsts.- Covered karst which developed by human effect.- The practical significance of the covered karst.

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"This is a comprehensive guide for use in the field, lab, and class. The readers will applaud the author for the breadth of his vision, the depth of his understanding, and the clarity of his explanations. This reviewed book is an example of how complex Earth-related phenomena should be described in the best possible manner. It is recommended to the broad circle of geoscientists, and it is must read to specialists in karst." (Dmitry a. ruban, Zentralblatt für Geologie und Paläontologie, iss. 5 - 6, 2016)

Selected by Choice magazine as an "Outstanding Academic Title" for 2016

"This book addresses all aspects of covered karst terrains, a subject area that is often overlooked or lightly touched upon in other karst textbooks. ... This book is highly recommended for anyone studying general geomorphology and karst (in particular). This title covers a long-neglected subject in the scientific literature. Summing Up: Highly recommended. Upper-division undergraduates through professionals and practitioners." (M. S. Field, Choice, Vol. 54 (2), October, 2016)

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Professor Márton Veress is Head of the Institute of Geography and Environmental Sciences, the University of West Hungary, Szombathely. He is a member of the Board of the Hungarian Karst and Cave Research Association, a member of the Board of the Hungarian Geographical Association, and Secretary of the Geomorphological sub-Board of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences.

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