Mineral composition of arctic soils in the Bellsund region, Spitsbergen

Polish Polar Research

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 33-41

  Uziak, Stanislaw ^a   Wilgat, Maria ^a   Klimowicz, Zbigniew ^a  

^a MARIA CURIE SK ODOWSKA UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Arctica; Mineral composition; Soils; Spitsbergen

Indexed keywords

ARCTIC ENVIRONMENT; IRON OXIDE; MINERALOGY; QUARTZ; SOIL ANALYSIS;

SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN;

EID: 0033366782     PISSN: 01380338     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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