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Current perspectives on the environmental impacts and hazards in karst

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  1. National Research Council, IRPI, Bari, Italy

    Mario Parise

  2. University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy

    Jo De Waele

  3. University of Zaragoza, Zaragoza, Spain

    Francisco Gutierrez

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Parise, M., De Waele, J. & Gutierrez, F. Current perspectives on the environmental impacts and hazards in karst. Environ Geol 58, 235–237 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00254-008-1608-2

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