Soil geomorphology on bedrock and colluvial terrain with permafrost in central Alaska, USA

Geoderma

Volumn 71, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 157-172

  Swanson, David K ^a,b  

^a USDA NRCS   (United States)

^b NORTHERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PERMAFROST; SLOPE ASPECT; SLOPE SHAPE; SOIL TEMPERATURE; SOIL TEXTURE;

USA, ALASKA;

EID: 0030426807     PISSN: 00167061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0016-7061(96)00003-1     Document Type: Article

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