Role of sediment in speleogenesis; sedimentation and paragenesis

Geomorphology

Volumn 134, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 79-93

  Farrant, Andrew R ^a   Smart, Peter L ^b  

^a BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alluviation; Cave sedimentation; Karst landscape evolution; Paragenesis; Speleogenesis

Indexed keywords

AQUIFER; BEDROCK; CAVE DEPOSIT; CAVE SYSTEM; DENUDATION; DISSOLUTION; GEOMORPHOLOGY; HYDROLOGY; KARST; LANDSCAPE EVOLUTION; PARAGENESIS; PHREATIC ZONE; SEDIMENTATION; SPELEOLOGY; VADOSE ZONE;

EID: 80052871935     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2011.06.006     Document Type: Article

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