Niveo-eolian sediment deposits in Coastal South Victoria Land, Antarctica: Indicators of regional variability in weather and climate

Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 313-324

  Ayling, Bridget F ^a   McGowan, Hamish A ^b  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; COASTAL ZONE; DEPOSITION; EOLIAN PROCESS; METEOROLOGY; MINERALOGY; REGIONAL CLIMATE; SEDIMENT; SEDIMENTATION; WEATHER;

ANTARCTICA; CANADA; EAST ANTARCTICA; MCMURDO DRY VALLEYS; NORTH AMERICA; SASKATCHEWAN; SCOTT; VICTORIA LAND;

EID: 33748768776     PISSN: 15230430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1657/1523-0430(2006)38[313:NSDICS]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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