Morphometry and distribution of isolated caves as a guide for phreatic and confined paleohydrological conditions

Geomorphology

Volumn 67, Issue 3-4, 2005, Pages 457-471

  Frumkin, Amos ^a   Fischhendler, Itay ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Cave formation; Cave morphology; Chamber caves; Groundwater dissolution; Karst aquifer; Maze caves

Indexed keywords

CAVE; KARST HYDROLOGY; MORPHOMETRY; PALEOHYDROLOGY; PHREATIC ZONE;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; ISRAEL; MIDDLE EAST; WORLD;

SCOPUS;

EID: 17444364088     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2004.11.009     Document Type: Article

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