Travertine mounds of the Cave and Basin National Historic Site, Banff National Park

Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 40, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 1501-1513

  Grasby, Stephen E ^a   van Everdingen, Robert O ^b   Bednarski, Jan ^c   Lepitzki, Dwayne A W ^d  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^b Geological Survey of Canada ^*  (Canada)

^c Geological Survey of Canada Sidney   (Canada)

^d Wildlife Systems Research   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAVES; CLIMATOLOGY; EROSION; FLOW CONTROL; THERMAL EFFECTS;

ACID GASES; ENDEMIC SPECIES;

HOT SPRINGS;

CAVE DEVELOPMENT; HOLOCENE; PALEOCLIMATE; THERMAL SPRING; TRAVERTINE; WATER FLOW;

ALBERTA; BANFF NATIONAL PARK; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 1542348361     PISSN: 00084077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/e03-058     Document Type: Article

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