The 19th century excavation of Kent's Cavern, England

Journal of Cave and Karst Studies

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 39-47

  McFarlane, Donald A ^a   Lundberg, Joyce ^b  

^a KECK GRADUATE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAVE DEPOSIT; EXCAVATION; PALEONTOLOGY;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; KENT; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE; WORLD;

EID: 17144387551     PISSN: 10906924     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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