Glacial relief and deposits of the western coast of Admiralty Bay, King George Island, South Shetland Islands

Polish Polar Research

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 89-130

  Rachlewicz, Grzegorz ^a  

^a ADAM MICKIEWICZ UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Antarctica; Glacial relief; Holocene; King George Island; Lithofacies

Indexed keywords

GEOLOGICAL STRUCTURE; GLACIAL LANDFORM; HOLOCENE; RELIEF;

ANTARCTICA;

EID: 0033363412     PISSN: 01380338     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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