Contribution of geophysical methods to karst-system exploration: An overview

Hydrogeology Journal

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1169-1180

  Chalikakis, Konstantinos ^a   Plagnes, Valérie ^b   Guerin, Roger ^b   Valois, Rémi ^b   Bosch, Frank P ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AVIGNON   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PIERRE ET MARIE CURIE   (France)

^c RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Geophysical methods; Karst; Overview

Indexed keywords

GEOPHYSICAL METHOD; KARST; METHODOLOGY;

EID: 80052350902     PISSN: 14312174     EISSN: 14350157     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10040-011-0746-x     Document Type: Article

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