Dynamics of Clastic Sedimentation and Watershed Evolution Within a Low-Relief Karst Drainage Basin, Mammoth Cave Region, Kentucky

Author

John D. Pickle

Publication Date

6-18-1985

Abstract

The hydrology and sedimentology of the Mill Hole drainage basin, a low-relief karst system in the Mammoth Cave Region, Kentucky, depend upon the interactions of surface and groundwater drainages and the distribution of lithologies within the basin. This basin is characterized by sinking streams in the headwaters (Glasgow Uplands) draining into cave rivers beneath the sinkhole-pocked plain (sinkhole plain), which, in turn, flow beneath a sandstone-capped upland (Chester Cuesta) and emerge at base-level springs. Karst windows expose the subterranean drainage within the Chester Cuesta.

Degree Name

Earth and Planetary Sciences

Level of Degree

Doctoral

Department Name

Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences

First Committee Member (Chair)

Stephen G. Wells

Second Committee Member

Leslie B. McFeeden

Third Committee Member

Robyn Wright

Language

English

Document Type

Thesis

Recommended Citation

Pickle, John D.. "Dynamics of Clastic Sedimentation and Watershed Evolution Within a Low-Relief Karst Drainage Basin, Mammoth Cave Region, Kentucky." (1985). https://digitalrepository.unm.edu/eps_etds/282