Particle size distributions within nonsorted stony earth circles, colorado

Physical Geography

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 176-194

  Beyer, Patricia J ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Patterned ground; Periglacial geomorphology; Rocky Mountains

Indexed keywords

CIRCLE FORMATION; PATTERNED GROUND; PERIGLACIAL GEOMORPHOLOGY; STONY EARTH CIRCLE;

USA, COLORADO, ROCKY MOUNTAINS, NIWOT RIDGE;

EID: 0031390911     PISSN: 02723646     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02723646.1997.10642615     Document Type: Article

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