Internal structure of stone-banked lobes and terraces on Rink Plateau, James Ross Island, Antarctic Peninsula region

Polish Polar Research

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 23-30

  Mori, Junko ^a   Fukui, Kotaro ^b   Sone, Toshio ^a   Strelin, Jorge ^c   Torielli, Cesar ^c  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF POLAR RESEARCH   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CÓRDOBA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Antarctic Peninsula; Ground penetrating radar; James Ross Island; Solifluction; Stone banked lobe

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; BEDROCK; DRILLING; GROUND PENETRATING RADAR; PLATEAU; SLOPE STABILITY; SOLIFLUCTION; TERRACE; TOPOGRAPHY;

ANTARCTIC PENINSULA; ANTARCTICA; JAMES ROSS ISLAND; WEST ANTARCTICA;

EID: 34247402091     PISSN: 01380338     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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