Broken speleothems as indicators of tectonic movements

Acta Carsologica

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 51-62

  Šebela, Stanka ^a  

^a KARST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Broken speleothems; Postojna Cave; Slovenia; Tectonics

Indexed keywords

CAVE; CRYOTURBATION; KARST; SPELEOTHEM; TECTONICS;

EURASIA; EUROPE; POSTOJNA CAVE; SLOVENIA; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 52949118068     PISSN: 05836050     EISSN: 15802612     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3986/ac.v37i1.159     Document Type: Article

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