Flux of eolian sediment in the McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica: A preliminary assessment

Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 318-323

  Lancaster, Nicholas ^a  

^a DESERT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DUST; EOLIAN DEPOSIT; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENT TRAP;

ANTARCTICA; MCMURDO DRY VALLEY;

EID: 0036695992     PISSN: 15230430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1552490     Document Type: Article

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