Karst Features of the Garlyk Potash Deposit Area, Turkmenistan

N. G. Maksimovich, O. Yu. Meshcheryakova

Abstract


World experience of exploitation of potash mines shows that the karst processes are often the reason of accidents. The Turkmenistan authorities are planning to start developing of the Garlyk (Karlyuk) potash deposit in the near future. This article presents the characteristics of the karst features of the deposit area. Authors give the information about karst zoning, lithological characteristic, surface and underground karst forms occurred at the area and surroundings. The most attention is paid to karst features located in the immediate vicinity of supposed mine field. The recommendations of karst monitoring on this territory are given.


Keywords


Garlyk Deposit Area; karst; Turkmenistan

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DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.17072/psu.geol.31.64

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