Rates of chemical and mechanical fluvial denudation in an arctic oceanic periglacial environment, Latnjavagge drainage basin, northernmost Swedish Lapland

Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 75-87

  Beylich, Achim A ^a,b   Molau, Ulf ^c   Luthbom, Karin ^d   Gintz, Dorothea ^e  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF NORWAY   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^d LULEÅ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^e FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DENUDATION; PERIGLACIAL ENVIRONMENT;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; SWEDEN; WORLD;

EID: 18644373637     PISSN: 15230430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1657/1523-0430(2005)037[0075:ROCAMF]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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