Geomorphological controls on tufa deposition at Nash Brook, South Wales, United Kingdom

Cave and Karst Science

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 61-68

  Viles, Heather ^a   Pentecost, Allan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON CYCLE; GEOMORPHOLOGY; KARST; SEDIMENTATION; TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECT; TUFA;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0033399771     PISSN: 1356191X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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