Which outcome occurs as subsurface limestone undergoes dissolution?

💡 Explanation

Dissolution of underground limestone creates cavities through chemical weathering; this karstification process weakens the rock structurally, therefore causing sinkholes, caves, and related landforms, rather than affecting unrelated seismic or mineral processes.

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