Sails: A new gypsum speleothem from Naica, Chihuahua, Mexico

International Journal of Speleology

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 23-30

  Bernabei, Tullio ^a   Forti, Paolo ^b   Villasuso, Roberto ^c  

^a La Venta Exploring Team   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^c Compañia Fresnillo ^*  (Mexico)

Author keywords

Gypsum speleothems; Mexico; Mine caves; Naica; Speleogenesis

Indexed keywords

CAVE SYSTEM; CRYSTAL; DEWATERING; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; GYPSUM; MINE; SPELEOLOGY; SPELEOTHEM;

CHIHUAHUA; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 34547167915     PISSN: 03926672     EISSN: 1827806X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5038/1827-806X.36.1.2     Document Type: Article

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