A laboratory investigation of the relative dissolution rates of the Lirio Limestone and the Isla De Mona Dolomite and implications for cave and karst development on Isla De Mona

Journal of Cave and Karst Studies

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 7-12

  Martinez, Myrna Iris ^a,b   White, William B ^a,c  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Box 141 ^*  (Puerto Rico)

^c Materials Research Laboratory

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAVE DEVELOPMENT; CAVE SYSTEM; DISSOLUTION; DOLOMITE; KARSTIFICATION; LIMESTONE;

PUERTO RICO;

EID: 0033003147     PISSN: 10906924     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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