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Karstic Marine Terrace Technical Terms
Karstic Marine Terrace: A relict, wave-cut terrace or solution platform formed across soluble bedrock (e.g. limestone), and subsequently subaerially weathered by solution resulting in prominent karst features (e.g. sinkholes, karst valleys, solution pipes, etc.); a type of marine terrace, extensive across the Florida peninsula. Dunefields and sand sheets of reworked coastal / fluviomarine sands are common capping materials. SW