Heat exchanges in the heterothermic zone of a karst system: Monlesi cave, Swiss Jura Mountains

Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface

Volumn 113, Issue 2, 2008, Pages

  Luetscher, Marc ^a,b   Lismonde, Baudouin ^c   Jeannin, Pierre Yves ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^c LEGI   (France)

^d Institut Suisse de Speleologie et de Karstologie   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAVE DEPOSIT; CLIMATE FORCING; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; ENERGY BALANCE; HEAT TRANSFER; KARST HYDROLOGY; PALEOENVIRONMENT; SNOW ACCUMULATION; SPELEOLOGY; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; JURA MOUNTAINS; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 50849142266     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699011     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007JF000892     Document Type: Article

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