Analysis of timber weathering and wind velocity at Cape Adare, with comments on other historic sites in Antarctica

Polar Record

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 291-307

  Harrowfield, David L ^a  

^a NONE   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEGRADATION; TIMBER; WEATHERING; WIND TUNNEL; WIND VELOCITY;

ANTARCTICA; CAPE ADARE; EAST ANTARCTICA;

EID: 33750486192     PISSN: 00322474     EISSN: 14753057     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0032247406005584     Document Type: Article

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