Microtextures on quartz grains in tills from Antarctica

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 121, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 89-103

  Mahaney, William C ^a   Claridge, Graeme ^b   Campbell, Lain ^b  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Land and Soil Consultancy Services   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ICE THICKNESS; MICROTEXTURE; QUARTZ GRAIN; SEDIMENT FABRIC; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; TILL;

ANTARCTICA;

EID: 0029776590     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0031-0182(95)00069-0     Document Type: Article

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