Timing of passage development and sedimentation at Cave of the Winds, Manitou Springs, Colorado, USA

Acta Carsologica

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 157-171

  Luiszer, Fred G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Aminostratigraphy; Cave of the Winds; Land snails; Magnetostratigraphy; Manitou Springs

Indexed keywords

ALLUVIAL DEPOSIT; AMINO ACID; CAVE DEPOSIT; CLASTIC SEDIMENT; MAGNETOSTRATIGRAPHY; SEDIMENTATION; TERRACE;

COLORADO; MANITOU SPRINGS; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

STYLOMMATOPHORA;

EID: 33947671471     PISSN: 05836050     EISSN: 15802612     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3986/ac.v36i1.218     Document Type: Article

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