Comparison between coastal and inland Karst limestone lowering rates in the northeastern Adriatic Region (Italy and Croatia)

Geomorphology

Volumn 104, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 73-81

  Furlani, Stefano ^a   Cucchi, Franco ^a   Forti, Fabio ^b   Rossi, Anna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

^b Club Alpino Italiano Società Alpina delle Giulie   (Italy)

Author keywords

Classical Karst; Istria; Micro erosion meter; Submarine springs; Traversing micro erosion meter

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; DATA SET; EROSION RATE; KARST; LIMESTONE; RAINFALL; SHORELINE; SUBMARINE SPRING;

ADRIATIC COAST [CROATIA]; ADRIATIC COAST [ITALY]; ADRIATIC SEA; CROATIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; GULF OF TRIESTE; ITALY; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 58249141129     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2008.05.015     Document Type: Article

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