Submerged caves of Croatia: Distribution, classification and origin

Environmental Earth Sciences

Volumn 61, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1473-1480

  Surić, Maša ^a   Lončarić, Robert ^a   Lončar, Nina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZADAR   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Adriatic Sea; Croatia; Karst; Submerged caves

Indexed keywords

ADRIATIC SEA; CAVE DEVELOPMENT; CROATIA; CROATIANS; HOST ROCKS; KARST; MESOZOIC; REAL SITUATION; SEA LEVEL RISE; SUBMERGED CAVES; SUBMERGED FEATURES; WAVE ENERGY;

SEA LEVEL; SEAWATER; WAVE ENERGY CONVERSION;

CAVES;

ARCHAEOLOGY; CARBONATE; CAVE; CLASSIFICATION; KARST; MESOZOIC; PALEOGENE; SEAWATER; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPELEOTHEM; SUBMERGED BODY; TRANSGRESSION; WAVE ENERGY;

ADRIATIC SEA; CROATIA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 77957315035     PISSN: 18666280     EISSN: 18666299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12665-010-0463-0     Document Type: Article

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