Karst development and speleogenesis, Isla de Mona, Puerto Rico

Journal of Cave and Karst Studies

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 73-83

  Frank, Edward F ^a   Mylroie, John ^b   Troester, Joseph ^c   Alexander Jr , E Calvin ^a   Carew, James L ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^d School of Business   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAVE; KARST; SPELEOLOGY;

PUERTO RICO;

EID: 0032446911     PISSN: 10906924     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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