Abstract
In North-Africa, the karst of Djurdjura Mountains is important because it shows high-alpine characters. In others papers, we have studied shallow morphology and speleological explorations. Here, we describe the caves: morphology, qualitative hydrology and fillings. These cavities are replaced in their morpho-structural context. We make distinctions between kinds of cavities. Gulfs and resurgences characterize high-alpine karst which is actual. Other caves that have their opening at the middle of slopes are dry, disconnected of actual morphological context. They belong to past karstification phases. From the synthesis of those elements, we show that it is possible to use karstic data in the reconstruction of morpho-structural evolution of a country.
DOI
http://dx.doi.org/10.5038/1827-806X.10.2.1
Recommended Citation
Quinif, Yves.
1978.
Contribution à l'étude des cavités karstiques du Djurdjura (Algérie). Description morpho-hydrogéologique et cadre évolutif.
International Journal of Speleology,
10: 113-155.
Available at:
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/ijs/vol10/iss2/1
