Stalactites on tropical cliffs: Remnants of breached caves or subaerial tufa deposits?

Zeitschrift fur Geomorphologie

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 117-139

  Taboroši, Danko ^a   Mylroie, John E ^b   Hirakawa, Kazuomi ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCAREOUS SOIL; CALCIUM CARBONATE; CAVE DEPOSIT; CLIFF; DEPOSITION; DISSOLUTION; STALACTITE; TUFA;

EID: 33645779267     PISSN: 03728854     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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