The grain-size behaviour and morphoscopy of supraglacial sediments, south of Schirmacher Oasis, E. Antarctica

Journal of the Geological Society of India

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 557-568

  Asthana, Rajesh ^a   Chaturvedi, Arun ^a  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF INDIA   (India)

Author keywords

Antarctica; Grain size analysis; Schirmacher Oasis; Sedimentology; Supraglacial sediments

Indexed keywords

GLACIAL DEPOSIT; GRAIN SIZE; QUARTZ; SALTATION; TEXTURE;

ANTARCTICA;

EID: 0032424177     PISSN: 00167622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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