...Some reach heights of tens or hundreds of meters. In Jamaica, undulating limestone topography, with deep dolines and cone-shaped pointed hills arranged in a dense line, is found. This is classified as cockpit karst. In China, where limestone covers one-seventh of the country's land area, Paleozoic limestone is widely distributed, particularly from Guangxi to Guizhou and Yunnan provinces. Karst topography of various periods of development is noted, ranging from landscapes of towering limestone peaks known as 'peak forests' or 'stone forests', to landscapes of solitary peaks scattered across wide alluvial plains. *Some of the terminology that mentions "cockpit karst" is listed below. Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information |
…その高さは数十mから数百mに達するものもある。ジャマイカでは,深いドリーネと円錐状のとがった石灰岩丘が交互に接して密集して並ぶ,起伏の大きい石灰岩地形が見られ,コックピット・カルストcockpit karstとして分類される。 石灰岩の分布面積が国土の7分の1にも及ぶといわれる中国では,とくに広西地方から貴州・雲南両省にかけて,古生代の石灰岩が広く分布し,石灰岩の岩峰群がそびえ立つ峰林あるいは石林と呼ばれる景観から,広い沖積平野に散在する孤峰と呼ばれるものまで,いろいろの発達時期に属するカルスト地形が見られることで注目されている。… ※「cockpit karst」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。 出典|株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典 第2版について | 情報 |
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