Eogenetic karst development on a small, tectonically active, carbonate island: Aguijan, Mariana Islands

Cave and Karst Science

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 101-108

  Stafford, Kevin ^a   Mylroie, John ^a   Taboroši, Danko ^b   Jenson, John ^c  

^a MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GUAM   (Guam)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

KARSTIFICATION;

MARIANA ISLANDS; MICRONESIA; OCEANIC REGIONS; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; WORLD;

EID: 24744450133     PISSN: 1356191X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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