Soil development as an indicator of relative pingo age, northern Alaska, U.S.A.

Arctic and Alpine Research

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 352-362

  Walker, Marilyn D ^a   Everett, Kaye R ^a   Walker, Donald A ^b   Birkeland, Peter W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHRONOLOGY; GEOCHRONOLOGY; PINGO; SOIL DEVELOPMENT;

USA, ALASKA, PRUDHOE BAY;

EID: 0029660261     PISSN: 00040851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1552115     Document Type: Article

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