A relict sand-wedge polygon site in north-central Hungary

Permafrost and Periglacial Processes

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 379-384

  Kovács, János ^a   Fábián, Szabolcs Ákos ^a   Schweitzer, Ferenc ^b   Varga, Gábor ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PÉCS   (Hungary)

^b INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Europe; Hungary; Permafrost; Quaternary; Relict sand wedge polygon

Indexed keywords

GRAVEL; LUMINESCENCE DATING; PALEOSOL; PERIGLACIAL ENVIRONMENT; PERMAFROST;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; HUNGARY; PANNONIAN BASIN;

EID: 37749001961     PISSN: 10456740     EISSN: 10991530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ppp.600     Document Type: Article

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