High-centered polygons in the Sør Rondane Mountains, East Antarctica: Possible effect of ice wedge sublimation

Polar Geosciences

Volumn , Issue 19, 2006, Pages 189-201

  Matsuoka, Norikazu ^a   Hirakawa, Kazuomi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^b HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Antarctica; Ice wedge; Patterned ground; Permafrost; Sublimation

Indexed keywords

EID: 33751544452     PISSN: 13443194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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