Glacial geomorphology, soil development and permafrost features in central-upper Wright Valley, Antarctica

Geoderma

Volumn 144, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 93-103

  McLeod, M ^a   Bockheim, J G ^b   Balks, M R ^c  

^a LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Rock glaciers; Soil chronosequence; Soil weathering salts

Indexed keywords

GLACIAL GEOLOGY; PERMAFROST; SOIL MECHANICS; WEATHERING;

LANDSCAPES; ROCK GLACIERS; SOIL CHRONOSEQUENCE; SOIL WEATHERING SALTS;

GEOMORPHOLOGY;

CHRONOSEQUENCE; GEOMORPHOLOGY; ION; MELTWATER; PEDOGENESIS; PERMAFROST; ROCK GLACIER; SOIL WATER; SUBSOIL;

ANTARCTICA; EAST ANTARCTICA; LAKE VANDA; MCMURDO DRY VALLEYS; WRIGHT VALLEY;

ONYX;

EID: 39449127120     PISSN: 00167061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoderma.2007.10.017     Document Type: Article

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