Karst on Cayman Brac

Zeitschrift fur Geomorphologie, Supplementband

Volumn 136, Issue , 2004, Pages 69-88

  Tarhule Lips, Rozemarijn F A ^a   Ford, Derek C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAVE; EMERSION; ISLAND; KARST; KARSTIFICATION; LIMESTONE; QUATERNARY; SPELEOLOGY; SUBMERGENCE; TERTIARY;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; CAYMAN BRAC; CAYMAN ISLANDS; GREATER ANTILLES;

EID: 33847205077     PISSN: 00442798     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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