Karst Hazard Brochure

Created 16/10/2025

Updated 16/10/2025

What is Karst? Karst landscapes are shaped when surface or ground water becomes weakly acidic and reacts chemically with atmosphere or soil carbon dioxide. The dissolving actions of water on limestone bedrock result in a distinctive landscape defined by depressions such as sinkholes, caves, holes and solution pipes.

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Title Karst Hazard Brochure
Language eng
Licence Not Specified
Landing Page https://data.gov.au/data/en/dataset/a791551a-30e6-4227-a7f6-a8069c95fc58
Contact Point
Geoscience Australia Data
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Reference Period 20/04/2018
Geospatial Coverage Australia
Data Portal Geoscience Australia

Data Source

This dataset was originally found on Geoscience Australia "Karst Hazard Brochure". Please visit the source to access the original metadata of the dataset:
https://ecat.ga.gov.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/csw/dataset/karst-hazard-brochure