Magnetic prospection as an efficient tool for doline detection: A case study in the central Ebro Basin (northern Spain)

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 279, Issue , 2007, Pages 73-84

  Mochales, Tania ^a   Pueyo, E L ^b   Casas, A M ^a   Soriano, M A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO GEOLÓGICO Y MINERO DE ESPAÑA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLUVIAL DEPOSIT; DOLINE; KARST; MAGNETIC ANOMALY; MAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETIC SURVEY; MAGNETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; MAGNETOMETER; QUATERNARY; TERTIARY;

ARAGON; EBRO BASIN; EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN; ZARAGOZA;

EID: 34248665537     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/SP279.7     Document Type: Article

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