Karst of the Mariana Islands: The interaction of tectonics, glacio-eustasy, and freshwater/seawater mixing in island carbonates

Special Paper of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 404, Issue , 2006, Pages 129-138

  Jenson, John W ^a   Keel, Thomas M ^b   Mylroie, Joan R ^b   Mylroie, John E ^b   Stafford, Kevin W ^b   Taborosi, Danko ^c   Wexel, Curt ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUAM   (Guam)

^b MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Carbonate island karst model; Eogenetic karst; Flank margin cave; Island karst; Mariana Islands; Mixing zone dissolution

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; CAVES; GRADING; HYDROGEOLOGY; LIME; MIXING; TECTONICS;

CONFINED AQUIFERS; EOGENETIC KARSTS; ISLAND KARST; MARIANA ISLANDS; MIXING ZONES; TECTONIC UPLIFT; WESTERN ATLANTIC; WESTERN PACIFIC;

CARBONATION;

CARBONATE; COMPOSITE; CONFINED AQUIFER; DISSOLUTION; ISLAND; KARST; RINGING; SUBSIDENCE; TECTONICS; UPLIFT;

AGUIJAN; GUAM; MARIANA ISLANDS; NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS; ROTA [NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS]; SAIPAN;

EID: 42149124035     PISSN: 00721077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/2006.2404(11)     Document Type: Article

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