Natural analogs for improved understanding of coupled processes in engineered earth systems: Examples from karst system evolution

Current Science

Volumn 97, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1162-1176

  Rajaram, Harihar ^a   Cheung, Wendy ^a   Chaudhuri, Abhijit ^a  

^a UCB 450   (United States)

Author keywords

Engineering earth systems; Karst system evolution; Natural analogs

Indexed keywords

EID: 71849105349     PISSN: 00113891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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