Mineralogy of speleothems from caves in the Padurea Craiului Mountains (Romania), and their palaeoclimatic significance

Cave and Karst Science

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 109-120

  Onac, Bogdan Petroniu ^a  

^a BABE BOLYAI UNIVERSITY   (Romania)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

KARST; LANDSCAPE EVOLUTION; MINERALOGY; PALAEOCLIMATE; SPELEOTHEM;

PADUREA CRAIULUI; ROMANIA;

EID: 0030326528     PISSN: 1356191X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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