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Bodenloses Loch
Useful Information
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| Image: Bodenloses Loch. |
History
Description
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| Image: Bodenloses Loch with explanatory sign. |
The Bodenloses Loch (Bottomless Pit) is obviously not bottomless, but it
is rather deep.
This is a result of the geologic situation.
rather impermeable layers of sandstones and marls cover a layer of gypsum.
The gipsum is soluble and so the groundwater karstified the the layer and formed
crevices and caves, through which the water can flow easily.
But the gypsum layer is completely dissolved in the area of the valley, towards
the valley the gypsum layer becomes thinner and thinner until it vanishes.
So the impermeable layers above and below the gypsum lie directly above one
another.
The water coming from the hills around has some pressure and so it forced its
way up to the surface through weaknesses in the sandstones.
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| Bodenloses Loch Gallery |
See also
Karst Spring
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