Arctic deltas

Journal of Coastal Research

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 718-738

  Walker, H Jesse ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alaska; Arctic; Canada; Coastline; Deltaic processes; Deltas; Permafrost; Russia

Indexed keywords

ARCTIC ENVIRONMENT; DELTA;

EID: 0031854696     PISSN: 07490208     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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