Tiankengs in the karst of China

Cave and Karst Science

Volumn 32, Issue 2-3, 2005, Pages 55-66

  Zhu, Xuewen ^a   Chen, Weihai ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MINERAL RESOURCES   (China)

Author keywords

Discovery; Doline; Geomorphology; Karst; Tiankeng

Indexed keywords

DOLINE; GEOMORPHOLOGY; HYDROGEOLOGY; KARST; LANDSCAPE; TERRAIN;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

EID: 33744763993     PISSN: 1356191X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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