Nature and hydrological relevance of the Shalbatana complex underground cavernous system

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2003, Pages

  Rodriguez, Jose Alexis Palmero ^a   Sasaki, Sho ^a   Miyamoto, Hideaki ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; GEOMORPHOLOGY; HYDROLOGY; PERMAFROST; RIVERS; HYDROGEOLOGY; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

UNDERGROUND CAVERNOUS SYSTEMS; CONFINED AQUIFERS; HEAD WATERS; IMPACT CRATERS; MAGMATISMS; OUTFLOW CHANNEL; SOURCE REGION; SURFACE COLLAPSE; WATER SOURCE;

CAVES; PERMAFROST;

CAVERN; HYDROLOGICAL REGIME; MARS; UNDERGROUND ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 0043192762     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002GL016547     Document Type: Article

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