14C and U-series dating of speleothems in the Bohemian Paradise (Czech Republic): Retreat rates of sandstone cave walls and implications for cave origin

Acta Geodynamica et Geomaterialia

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 93-108

  Bruthans, Jiří ^a,b   Schweigstillová, Jana ^c   Jenč, Petr ^d   Churáčková, Zdeňka ^a   Bezdička, Petr ^e  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b CZECH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (Czech Republic)

^c INSTITUTE OF ROCK STRUCTURE AND MECHANICS   (Czech Republic)

^d State funded organization of the Liberec region   (Czech Republic)

^e INSTITUTE OF INORGANIC CHEMISTRY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Age; Cave; Erosion; Holocene; Pseudokarst; Sandstone; Speleothems

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859193072     PISSN: 12149705     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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