Landform and soil development in the McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica: A regional synthesis

Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 308-317

  Bockheim, J G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LANDFORM; PEDOGENESIS; PERMAFROST;

ANTARCTICA; MCMURDO DRY VALLEY;

EID: 0036696410     PISSN: 15230430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1552489     Document Type: Article

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