Rapid karst development in an english quartzitic Sandstone

Acta Carsologica

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 415-424

  Self, Charles A ^a   Mullan, Graham J ^a  

^a NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Piping; Rapid arenisation; Sandstone karst; Tectonic inception

Indexed keywords

CAVE; HOLOCENE; PALEOKARST; QUARTZITE; SANDSTONE;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHUMBERLAND; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 33745173776     PISSN: 05836050     EISSN: 15802612     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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