Soils and cryoturbation in moist nonacidic and acidic tundra in the Kuparuk River basin, arctic Alaska, U.S.A.

Arctic and Alpine Research

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 166-174

  Bockheim, J G ^a   Walker, D A ^b   Everett, L R ^c   Nelson, F E ^d   Shiklomanov, N I ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYOTURBATION; TUNDRA;

ALASKA; USA;

EID: 0031861087     PISSN: 00040851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1552131     Document Type: Article

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