Composition, distribution and origin of surficial salts in the Vestfold Hills, East Antarctica

Antarctic Science

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 73-84

  Gore, Damian B ^a   Creagh, D C ^b   Burgess, J S ^b   Colhoun, E A ^a   Spate, A P ^c   Baird, A S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service   (Australia)

Author keywords

Antarctica; Brushite; Dypingite; Hydromagnesite; Salt; Vestfold Hills

Indexed keywords

BRUSHITE; DYPINGITE; EFFLORESCENCE; HYDROMAGNESITE; SALT;

ANTARCTICA, VESTFOLD HILLS;

EID: 0029770509     PISSN: 09541020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0954102096000119     Document Type: Article

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