McCauley Sinks: A compound breccia pipe in evaporite karst, Holbrook Basin, Arizona, U.S.A

Carbonates and Evaporites

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 98-106

  Neal, James T ^a   Johnson, Kenneth S ^b  

^a Adjunct Curator of Geology   (United States)

^b Oklahoma Geological Survey   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRECCIA; DISSOLUTION; KARST; KARST HYDROLOGY; LIMESTONE; PERMIAN; SINKHOLE;

ARIZONA; HOLBROOK BASIN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0036967305     PISSN: 08912556     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03176474     Document Type: Article

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