Intensely lithified paleokarst deposits in Okno Cave, Demänovská Valley (Slovakia)

Geologica Carpathica

Volumn 58, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 565-578

  Osborne, R Armstrong L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Caves intersecting paleokarst; Dem novska Valley; Okno Cave; Paleokarst

Indexed keywords

CAVE DEPOSIT; CAVE DEVELOPMENT; CHALCEDONY; DEPOSITION; DIAGENESIS; LIMESTONE; LITHIFICATION; PALEOCENE; PALEOKARST; TURBIDITE; VOID;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; SLOVAKIA;

EID: 38649107698     PISSN: 13350552     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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