Properties, formation, classification and ecology of Arctic soils: Results from the Tundra Northwest Expedition 1999 (Nunavut and Northwest Territories, Canada)

Polarforschung

Volumn 73, Issue 2-3, 2003, Pages 89-101

  Bölter, Manfred ^a   Blume, Hans Peter ^a   Wetzel, Holger ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MORPHOLOGY; SOIL CLASSIFICATION; SOIL PROPERTY;

ARCTIC;

EID: 33645898335     PISSN: 00322490     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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