Unusual behaviour of epikarst in the Acqua dei Faggi carbonate aquifer (Southern Italy)

Terra Nova

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 82-88

  Petrella, Emma ^a   Capuano, Paolo ^a   Celico, Fulvio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MOLISE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUIFER; CARBONATE ROCK; FRACTURE; KARST; LIMESTONE; PERCOLATION; PERMEABILITY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 33947633022     PISSN: 09544879     EISSN: 13653121     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3121.2006.00720.x     Document Type: Article

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