The blue holes of the Bahamas: An overview and introduction to the Andros Project

Cave and Karst Science

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 53-56

  Whitaker, Fiona F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISSOLUTION; KARST; SUBMARINE CAVE;

BAHAMAS;

EID: 0032416195     PISSN: 1356191X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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