Work Item
ASTM WK81393
New Practice for Phase I Karst Site Assessment
1. Scope
This practice is intended to provide practical and consistent methodology to aid landowners, planners, developers, and other end users in recognizing and documenting the presence of karst features on a subject property.Keywords
karst; pseudokarst; site reconnaissance; site characterizationRationale
The complicated geologic and hydraulic conditions associated with karst terranes can be problematic for land development, management, or conservation depending on the planned end use of the site. To address potential challenges to development or to other intended end uses of karst sites properly, it is necessary to characterize the karst features and landforms present and their potential impacts to current and future land use.
Work Item Status
Date Initiated: 03-28-2022
Technical Contact: Scott Engel
Item: 006
Ballot: D18 (23-03)
Status: Will Reballot Item