The Origin of Jenolan Caves: Elements of a New Synthesis and Framework Chronology

Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales

Volumn 1999, Issue 121, 1999, Pages 1-27

  Osborne, R A L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Caves; Hydrothermal; Jenolan; Karst; Paragenesis speleogenesis

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002821335     PISSN: 0370047X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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