Effects of rock surface temperature on exfoliation, rock varnish, and lichens on a boulder in the Hunza Valley, Karakoram Mountains, Pakistan

Arctic and Alpine Research

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 184-192

  Waragai, Tetsuya ^a  

^a NIHON UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LICHEN; ROCK;

KARAKORAM MOUNTAINS; PAKISTAN;

EID: 0031859850     PISSN: 00040851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1552133     Document Type: Article

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