Morphometric studies of bell hole development on Cayman Brac

Cave and Karst Science

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 119-130

  Tarhule Lips, Rozemarijn F A ^a   Ford, Derek C ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAVE SYSTEM; DISSOLUTION; HUMID TROPICS; KARST; LANDFORM EVOLUTION; MORPHOMETRY;

CAYMAN ISLANDS;

EID: 0032450698     PISSN: 1356191X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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