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Structural–Geological Mapping of Karst Areas

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Karstology in the Classical Karst

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For understanding geological structure of karst areas (Palmer in Cave geology, Cave Books, Dayton, Ohio, p 454, 2007) it is inevitably to have detailed geological maps.

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Blatnik, M. et al. (2020). Structural–Geological Mapping of Karst Areas. In: Knez, M., Otoničar, B., Petrič, M., Pipan, T., Slabe, T. (eds) Karstology in the Classical Karst. Advances in Karst Science. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-26827-5_1

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