Environmental and legal aspects of karst areas

Environmental Geology

Volumn 29, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 23-36

  LaMoreaux, P E ^a   Powell, W J ^a   LeGrand, H E ^b  

^a PE LaMoreaux & Associates Inc Tuscaloosa   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Environmental protection; Karst; Regulatory implications for karst settings; Subsidence

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL LEGISLATION; KARST; KARST HYDROLOGY; KARST LANDSCAPE; LEGISLATION; REGULATIONS;

EID: 0030621220     PISSN: 09430105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002540050100     Document Type: Article

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