Karst geoindicators of environmental change: The case of Lithuania

Environmental Geology

Volumn 42, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 757-766

  Taminskas, J ^a   Marcinkevicius, V ^b  

^a VILNIUS UNIVERSITY   (Lithuania)

^b Geological Survey of Lithuania   (Lithuania)

Author keywords

Chemical denudation; Gypsum karst; Karst hydrology; Karst monitoring; Sinkholes

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GROUNDWATER; LANDFORMS; SEDIMENTS;

CHEMICAL DENUNDATION; KARST GEOINDICATORS;

GEOLOGY;

DENUDATION; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; GEOCHEMISTRY; GYPSUM; KARST; KARST HYDROLOGY; SINKHOLE;

LITHUANIA;

ENTOVALVA;

EID: 0036820052     PISSN: 09430105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00254-002-0553-8     Document Type: Article

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