Influence of depositional environment on devil's hole calcite morphology and petrology

Studies of Cave Sediments: Physical and Chemical Records of Paleoclimate

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 227-241

  Kolesar, Peter T ^a   Riggs, Alan C ^b  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

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EID: 1842797811     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4020-5766-3_12     Document Type: Chapter

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