A note on the role of the lichen collema auriforma in solution basin development on a carboniferous limestone substrate

Earth Surface Processes and Landforms

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 1993, Pages 363-368

  Moses, C A ^a   Smith, B J ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Carboniferous limestone; Karst Lichen; Scanning electron microscopy

Indexed keywords

CARBONIFEROUS LIMESTONE; COLLEMA AURIFORMA; LICHEN; LIMESTONE; SEM; SOLUTION BASIN;

IRELAND;

EID: 0027428193     PISSN: 01979337     EISSN: 10969837     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/esp.3290180405     Document Type: Article

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