Environmental problems caused by gypsum karst and salt karst in Great Britain

Carbonates and Evaporites

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 116-120

  Cooper, Anthony H ^a  

^a BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISSOLUTION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GYPSUM; KARST; PALEOKARST; PERMIAN; SUBSIDENCE;

ENGLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0036972412     PISSN: 08912556     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03176477     Document Type: Article

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