Nivation forms and processes in unconsolidated sediments, NE Greenland

Earth Surface Processes and Landforms

Volumn 23, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 751-760

  Christiansen, Hanne Hvidtfeldt ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NIVATION; PERIGLACIAL PROCESS; UNCONSOLIDATED MEDIUM;

ARCTIC; GREENLAND; ZACKENBERG;

EID: 0031731833     PISSN: 01979337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9837(199808)23:8<751::AID-ESP886>3.0.CO;2-A     Document Type: Article

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