Hydrogeology of Caves in the Sierra de El Abra Region

Biology and Evolution of the Mexican Cavefish

Volumn , Issue , 2016, Pages 41-58

  Espinasa, Luis ^a   Espinasa, Monika ^b  

^a MARIST COLLEGE   (United States)

^b USA   (United States)

Author keywords

Astyanax; Dating; Drainage divide; Hydrogeology; Molecular clock; Tectonic uplift

Indexed keywords

EID: 84982794681     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-802148-4.00002-5     Document Type: Chapter

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