Cave turbidites

Acta Carsologica

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 41-50

  Osborne, R Armstrong L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cave sediments; Caymanites; Paleokarst; Turbidites

Indexed keywords

CAVE DEPOSIT; PALEOKARST; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; TRANSGRESSION; TURBIDITE;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

EID: 52949150396     PISSN: 05836050     EISSN: 15802612     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3986/ac.v37i1.158     Document Type: Article

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