Mountain geomorphology and global environmental change

Mountain Geomorphology

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 277-300

  Slaymaker, Olav ^a   Owens, Philip N ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 33745785982     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203764824     Document Type: Chapter

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