Lagoa Santa Karst: Cradle of Brazilian Cave Studies

World Geomorphological Landscapes

Volumn , Issue , 2015, Pages 183-190

  Auler, Augusto S ^a   Piló, Luis B ^a  

^a Instituto Do Carste Belo Horizonte   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Archaeology; Caves; Karst; Lagoa santa; Paleontology

Indexed keywords

EID: 85039783926     PISSN: 22132090     EISSN: 22132104     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-94-017-8023-0_16     Document Type: Chapter

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