Coastal and inland karst morphologies driven by sea level stands: A GIS based method for their evaluation

Earth Surface Processes and Landforms

Volumn 37, Issue 13, 2012, Pages 1376-1386

  Canora, Filomena ^a   Fidelibus, Dolores ^b   Spilotro, Giuseppe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASILICATA   (Italy)

^b POLITECNICO DI BARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cave level; Karst groundwater; Marine terrace; Polje; Sea level stand

Indexed keywords

CARBONATE FORMATIONS; COASTAL AQUIFERS; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; DRAINAGE SYSTEMS; EXPOSURE-TIME; GENERAL METHOD; GEOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; GEOLOGICAL TIME; GROUND-WATER CIRCULATION; HIGH FREQUENCY; KARST GROUNDWATER; KARST PROCESS; KARST SURFACE; KARSTIC; MARINE TERRACE; MORPHOMETRIC ANALYSIS; POLJE; SEALEVEL CHANGE; SOUTHERN ITALY; SUBSURFACE DRAINAGE SYSTEM; TOPOGRAPHIC GRADIENTS; VERTICAL SHAFT;

AQUIFERS; CAVES; DRAINAGE; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; GEOMORPHOLOGY; GROUNDWATER FLOW; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HYDROGEOLOGY; LITHOLOGY; NATURAL WATER GEOCHEMISTRY; SEA LEVEL; SURVEYING; TECTONICS;

PATTERN MATCHING;

CAVE; COASTAL ZONE; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; GEOMORPHOLOGY; GIS; KARST; KARSTIFICATION; MORPHOMETRY; SEA LEVEL CHANGE;

ITALY;

EID: 84867102465     PISSN: 01979337     EISSN: 10969837     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/esp.3246     Document Type: Article

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