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Measurement of luminescent banding in speleothems: some techniques and limitations, Crowell, Bryan E.; White, William B.
Active tectonics and earthquake destructions in caves of northern and central Switzerland, Becker, Arnfried; Häuselmann, Philipp; Eikenberg, Jost; Gilli, Eric
Scientific drilling of speleothems – a technical note, Spötl, Christoph; Mattey, David
Ogof Draenen: speleogenesis of a hydrological see-saw from the karst of South Wales, FARRANT, Andrew R.; SIMMS, Michael J.
The Use of a Karstic Cave System in a Study of Active Tectonics: Fault Movements Recorded at Driny Cave, Malé Karpaty M (Slovakia), Briestensky´, M.; Stemberk, J.; Michalík, J.; Bella, P.; Rowberry, M.
Sulfate and Phosphate Speleothems at Jenolan Caves, New South Wales, Australia , Pogson, Ross E.; Osborne, R. Armstrong L.; Colchester, David M.; Cendón,Dioni I.
LETTER: Comments on processes contributing to the isotope composition of 13C and 18O in calcite deposited to speleothems , Dreybrod, Wolfgang
Minerals and Speleothems of the József-hegy Cave (Budapest, Hungary), Leél-Össy, Szabolcs; Szanyi, Gyöngyvér; Surány, Gergely
The first cave occurrence of orpiment (As₂S₃) from the sulfuric acid caves of Aghia Paraskevi (Kassandra Peninsula, N. Greece), Lazaridis, Georgios; Melfos, Vasilios; Papadopoulou, Lambrini
Laser Scanning Technology for the Hypogean Survey: the case of Santa Barbara Karst System (Sardinia, Italy), Canevese, Erminio Paolo; Forti, Paolo ; Naseddu, Angelo; Ottelli, Luciano; Tedeschi, Roberta
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High-precision 238U–234U–230Th disequilibrium dating of the recent past: a review, Zhao, Jian-xin; Yu, Ke-fu; Feng, Yue-xing
Isotopic archives of sulphate in speleothems, Wynn, Peter M.; Fairchild, Ian J.; Baker, Andy; Baldini, James U.L; McDermott, Frank
Carbonate porosity creation by mesogenetic dissolution: Reality or illusion?, Ehrenberg, Stephen N.; Walderhaug, Olav; Bjorlykke, Knut
Ferruginous thermal spring complexes, northwest Tasmania: evidence that far-field stresses acting on a fracture mesh can open and maintain vertical flow in carbonate terrains, Davidson, Garry J.; Bavea, Michael; Harris, Kathryn
Origin and karst geomorphological significance of the enigmatic Australian Nullarbor Plain ‘blowholes’, Doerr, Stefan H.; Davies, Rob R.; Lewis,Alexander; Pilkington, Graham ; Webb, John A.; Ackroyd, Peter J.; Bodger, Owen
Giant pockmarks in a carbonate platform (Maldives, Indian Ocean), Betzler, C.; Lindhorst, S.; Hubscher, C.; Ludmann, T.; Furstenau, J.; Reijmer, J.
Structural and host rock controls on the distribution, morphology and mineralogy of speleothems in the Castanar Cave (Spain), Alonso-Zarza, A.M.; Martin-Perez, A.; Martin-Garcia, R.; Gil-Pena, I.; Melendez, A.; Martinez-Flores, E.; Hellstrom, J.; Munoz-Barco, P.
Interpretation of ancient epikarst features in carbonate successions — A note of caution, Immenhauser, Adrian; Rameil, Niels
Influence of initial heterogeneities and recharge limitations on the evolution of aperture distributions in carbonate aquifers, Hubinger, B.; Birk, S.
Karst morphology and groundwater vulnerability of high alpine karst plateaus, Plan, L.; Decker, K.; Faber, R.; Wagreich, M.; Grasemann, B.
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