Hydrology of a small drainage basin with polar oasis environment, Fosheim Peninsula, Ellesmere Island, Canada

Permafrost and Periglacial Processes

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 257-277

  Woo, Ming Ko ^a   Young, Kathy L ^b  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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EID: 0001269738     PISSN: 10456740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1530(199709)8:3<257::AID-PPP258>3.0.CO;2-T     Document Type: Article

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