Recent developments on morphometric analysis of karst caves;Novi pristopi v morfometricni analizi kraških jam

Acta Carsologica

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 43-52

  Piccini, Leonardo ^a  

^a Earthh Science Department   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cave; Cave level; Cave survey; Morphhometry; Speleogenesis

Indexed keywords

CAVE; KARST; KARSTIFICATION; LITHOLOGY; MODELING; MORPHOMETRY; SPELEOLOGY; STRUCTURAL CONTROL; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

EID: 79958199326     PISSN: 05836050     EISSN: 15802612     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3986/ac.v40i1.27     Document Type: Article

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