Landform and sediment associations of dry-based glaciers in arid polar environments

Zeitschrift fur Geomorphologie, Supplementband

Volumn 105, Issue , 1996, Pages 21-33

  Humphreys, Kathryn A ^a   Fitzsimons, Sean J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARID POLAR ENVIRONMENT; ENTRAINMENT; GLACIAL LAND SYSTEM; ICE MARGIN DEPOSIT; POLAR GLACIER;

ANTARCTICA;

EID: 0030429439     PISSN: 00442798     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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