Karst geomorphology of carbonatic conglomerates in the Folded Molasse zone of the Northern Alps (Austria/Germany)

Geomorphology

Volumn 130, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 289-298

  Goeppert, Nadine ^a   Goldscheider, Nico ^a   Scholz, Herbert ^b  

^a KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alps; Carbonatic conglomerate; Folded Molasse; Karstification

Indexed keywords

CONGLOMERATE; GEOMORPHOLOGICAL MAPPING; GEOMORPHOLOGY; HYDRODYNAMICS; KARST; KARSTIFICATION; MOLASSE;

ALPS; AUSTRIA; GERMANY;

EID: 79956087531     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2011.04.011     Document Type: Article

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