Chapter 6 Karst

Developments in Sedimentology

Volumn 61, Issue C, 2010, Pages 269-318

  Frisia, S ^a   Borsato, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

caves; karst; palaeoclimate; speleothems

Indexed keywords

EID: 72049106098     PISSN: 00704571     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0070-4571(09)06106-8     Document Type: Review

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