Cave and karst systems of the world. Hypogene karst regions and caves of the world / Пещерные и карстовые системы мира. Гипогенные карстовые регионы и пещеры мира

Ideas that karst can develop at depth without direct genetic relationship to the surface have a long history, but remained on the periphery of karstological thinking, not influencing the traditional paradigm of karst until the last 25 years. More attention to hypogene karst since 1990, and particularly the dramatic burst of studies in this field during the last decade, has changed our notion of hypogene karst from a curiosity to one of the fundamental categories of karst, at least of compatible importance with more familiar epigene karst. <...>