Micro-environmental conditions and rock weathering in hot, arid regions

Zeitschrift fur Geomorphologie, Supplementband

Volumn 120, Issue , 2000, Pages 83-95

  Warke, Patricia A ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARID REGION; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; WEATHERING;

EID: 0034068701     PISSN: 00442798     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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