Syngenetic sand veins and anti-syngenetic sand wedges, Tuktoyaktuk Coastlands, western Arctic Canada

Permafrost and Periglacial Processes

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 33-47

  Murton, Julian B ^a   Bateman, Mark D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aggradation; Deflation; Permafrost; Sand sheets; Sand veins; Sand wedges; Thermal contraction cracking

Indexed keywords

AGGRADATION; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; PERMAFROST; SAND; VEIN (GEOLOGY);

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; NORTHWEST TERRITORIES; TUKTOYAKTUK;

EID: 33947096625     PISSN: 10456740     EISSN: 10991530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ppp.577     Document Type: Article

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