Architecture of air-filled caves within the karst of the Brooksville Ridge, west-central Florida

Journal of Cave and Karst Studies

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 64-75

  Florea, Lee J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAVE DEVELOPMENT; KARST; LIMESTONE; MORPHOLOGY; PERMEABILITY;

FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33749014405     PISSN: 10906924     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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