Sorted circles in the maritime Subantarctic, Marion Island

Earth Surface Processes and Landforms

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 337-347

  Holness, Stephen Dale ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Dimensional scaling; Marion Island; Patterned ground; Periglacial; Sorted circles; Subantarctic

Indexed keywords

FORMS (CONCRETE); FROST EFFECTS; MORPHOLOGY;

CONVECTION CELLS;

EARTH SCIENCES;

ALTITUDE; FROST HEAVE; HOLOCENE; PATTERNED GROUND; PERIGLACIAL ENVIRONMENT;

INDIAN OCEAN;

EID: 0038363834     PISSN: 01979337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/esp.430     Document Type: Article

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