Sorted patterned ground in the English Lake District

Permafrost and Periglacial Processes

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 193-197

  Warburton, Jeff ^a   Caine, Nel ^b  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Ground ice; Local factors; Morphology; Sorted stripes

Indexed keywords

MORPHOLOGY; PATTERNED GROUND; PERIGLACIAL ENVIRONMENT;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0033398068     PISSN: 10456740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1530(199904/06)10:2<193::AID-PPP291>3.0.CO;2-F     Document Type: Article

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