Holocene permafrost aggradation in Svalbard

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 242, Issue , 2005, Pages 119-130

  Humlum, Ole ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY CENTRE IN SVALBARD   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HOLOCENE; PERMAFROST;

ARCTIC; ARCTIC AND ANTARCTIC; SVALBARD; SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN; WORLD;

EID: 19344367281     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.2005.242.01.11     Document Type: Article

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