Annual and transient signatures of gas exchange and transport in the Castañar de Ibor cave (Spain)

International Journal of Speleology

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 153-162

  Fernandez Cortes, Angel ^a   Sanchez Moral, Sergio ^b   Cuezva, Soledad ^b   Cañaveras, Juan Carlos ^a   Abella, Rafael ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALICANTE   (Spain)

^b MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

^c INSTITUTO GEOGRÁFICO NACIONAL   (Spain)

Author keywords

Carbon dioxide; Cave aerodynamics; Karst; Microclimatic monitoring; Radon

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; CARBON DIOXIDE; CAVE SYSTEM; GAS EXCHANGE; GAS TRANSPORT; KARST; MICROCLIMATE; RADON;

CACERES [EXTREMADURA]; CASTANAR DE IBOR; EURASIA; EUROPE; EXTREMADURA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

EID: 67649886146     PISSN: 03926672     EISSN: 1827806X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5038/1827-806X.38.2.6     Document Type: Article

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