Speleothem-like calcite and aragonite deposits on a tropical carbonate coast

Cave and Karst Science

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 23-32

  Taboroši, Danko ^a   Hirakawa, Kazuomi ^a   Stafford, Kevin ^b  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dripstone; Flowstone; Intertidal; Littoral; Marine notch; Supratidal

Indexed keywords

ARAGONITE; CALCITE; CAVE DEPOSIT; DEPOSITION; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); SPELEOTHEM; VADOSE ZONE;

MARIANA ISLANDS; MICRONESIA; NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0347135814     PISSN: 1356191X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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