Carbonate Aquifers

Developments in Sedimentology

Volumn 64, Issue , 2012, Pages 869-896

  Cunningham, Kevin J ^a   Sukop, Michael C ^b   Curran, H Allen ^c  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SMITH COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aquifer; Carbonates; Ichnology; Karst; Permeability; Porosity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84868616085     PISSN: 00704571     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-444-53813-0.00028-9     Document Type: Chapter

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