Investigating the nature and origins of Gaping Gill Main Chamber, North Yorkshire, UK, using ground penetrating radar and lidar

Cave and Karst Science

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 25-38

  Murphy, Phillip J ^a   Parr, Ailsa ^a   Strange, Kate ^b   Hunter, Graham ^b   Allshorn, Sam ^a   Halliwell, Ric A ^c   Helm, John ^c   Westerman, A Robin ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b 3D Laser Mapping Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^c Craven Pothole Club ^*  (Congo)

^d HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Flow; Gaping Gill; GPR; Karst; Lidar; Sequence stratigraphy

Indexed keywords

CAVE; GROUND PENETRATING RADAR; KARST; LIDAR; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; GAPING GILL; NORTH YORKSHIRE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 33645646086     PISSN: 1356191X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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