Sinkholes in glacial drift underlain by gypsum in Nova Scotia, Canada

Carbonates and Evaporites

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 84-90

  Martinez, Joseph D ^a   Boehner, Robert ^b  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NOVA SCOTIA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLACIAL DRIFT; GYPSUM; KARST; SINKHOLE;

CANADA, NOVA SCOTIA;

EID: 0030732112     PISSN: 08912556     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03175806     Document Type: Article

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