The occurrence of a holocene rock glacier on Mount Kenya: Some observations and comments

Permafrost and Periglacial Processes

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 381-389

  Grab, Stefan W ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Holocene; Mount Kenya; Protalus ramparts; Rock glacier

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001207890     PISSN: 10456740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1099-1530(199610)7:4<381::aid-ppp226>3.0.co;2-5     Document Type: Article

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