A morphological analysis of Tibetan limestone pinnacles: Are they remnants of tropical karst towers and cones?

Geomorphology

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 79-91

  Dian, Zhang ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

KARST; LIMESTONE PINNACLE; MORPHOLOGICAL ANALYSIS; PALAEOCLIMATE; PALAEOGEOGRAPHY; PERIGLACIAL; PINNACLE DEVELOPMENT; WEATHERING;

CHINA, TIBET; TIBET;

EID: 0041624007     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0169-555X(95)00109-I     Document Type: Article

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