Natural and anthropogenic influences on the year-round temperature dynamics of air and water in Postojna show cave, Slovenia

Tourism Management

Volumn 40, Issue , 2014, Pages 233-243

  Šebela, Stanka ^a   Turk, Janez ^b  

^a KARST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Slovenia)

^b SLOVENIAN NATIONAL BUILDING AND CIVIL ENGINEERING INSTITUTE   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Anthropogenic impact; Cave air temperature; Cave water temperature; Natural impact; Postojna Cave; Slovenia

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CAVE SYSTEM; GROUNDWATER; VENTILATION; WATER TEMPERATURE;

POSTOJNA CAVE; SLOVENIA;

EID: 84880372907     PISSN: None     EISSN: 02615177     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tourman.2013.06.011     Document Type: Article

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