Role of epiphreatic flow and soutirages in conduit morphogenesis: The Bärenschacht example (BE, Switzerland)

Zeitschrift fur Geomorphologie

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 171-190

  Häuselmann, Philipp ^a   Jeannin, Pierre Yves ^b   Monbaron, Michel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FRIBOURG   (Switzerland)

^b Institut Suisse de Speleologie et de Karstologie   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAVE; GROUNDWATER FLOW; SPELEOLOGY;

BARENSCHACHT; BERN [SWITZERLAND]; CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 32044473078     PISSN: 03728854     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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