Carbonate precipitation along a microclimatic gradient in a Thailand cave - Continuum of calcareous tufa and speleothems

Journal of Cave and Karst Studies

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 69-87

  Taboroši, Danko ^a   Hirakawa, Kazuomi ^a   Sawagaki, Takanobu ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBONATE; CAVE SYSTEM; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); SPELEOTHEM; VADOSE ZONE;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; SOUTHEAST ASIA; THAILAND; WORLD;

EID: 17144412225     PISSN: 10906924     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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