Climate and early karstification: What can be learned by models?

Acta Geologica Polonica

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 1-11

  Dreybrodt, Wolfgang ^a   Gabrovsek, Franci ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^b KARST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Climate; Early karstification; Karst; Modelling

Indexed keywords

AQUIFER; CAVE DEVELOPMENT; KARST HYDROLOGY; KARSTIFICATION; MODELING; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOKARST;

EID: 0142122877     PISSN: 00015709     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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