title: REGIONAL FEATURES OF HYPOGENE SPELEOGENESIS IN THE PRICHERNOMORSKY ARTESIAN BASIN (NORTH BLACK SEA REGION)
abstract: This paper demonstrates the dominant hypogenic origin of caves and other karst features in the Prichernomorsky artesian basin, a major hydrogeological structure of the north Black Sea region. The basin occupies the south of the continental part of Ukraine and the north-central plain part of the Crimea Peninsula and is dominated by the Neogene (lower through middle Miocene) and Paleogene (Eocene through Paleocene) carbonate rocks, intercalated with sands, sandstones, clays and marls. The key stud