Composite-wedge pseudomorphs in Flanders, Belgium

Permafrost and Periglacial Processes

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 145-161

  Ghysels, Gunther ^a   Heyse, Irenée ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Belgium; Composite wedge pseudomorphs; Large scale polygonal crop marks; Pleistocene; Thermal contraction cracking

Indexed keywords

PERMAFROST; PLATEAU; PLEISTOCENE; PSEUDOMORPH;

BELGIUM; BENELUX; EURASIA; EUROPE; FLANDERS; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 33745599301     PISSN: 10456740     EISSN: 10991530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ppp.552     Document Type: Article

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