Scanning electron microscopy of Pleistocene sands from Yamal and Taz peninsulas, Ob River Estuary, northwestern Siberia

Quaternary International

Volumn 45-46, Issue , 1998, Pages 49-58

  Mahaney, William C ^a  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COASTAL SEDIMENT; FLUVIAL ORIGIN; LAST GLACIATION; PLEISTOCENE DEPOSIT; PROVENANCE;

RUSSIAN FEDERATION, SIBERIA, OB ESTUARY;

EID: 0031897058     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s1040-6182(97)00006-2     Document Type: Article

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