Physical modelling of periglacial solifluction: Review and future strategy

Permafrost and Periglacial Processes

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 349-360

  Harris, Charles ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Frost creep; Gelifluction; Physical modelling; Solifluction

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001540459     PISSN: 10456740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1530(199610)7:4<349::AID-PPP235>3.0.CO;2-O     Document Type: Review

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