Improving the use of microscopy in the study of weathering: Sampling issues

Zeitschrift fur Geomorphologie, Supplementband

Volumn 120, Issue , 2000, Pages 145-158

  Taylor, Mark P ^a   Viles, Heather A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MICROSCOPY; SAMPLING; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; WEATHERING;

EID: 0034107878     PISSN: 00442798     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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