Differential rock weathering in the 'valley of the boulders' Kärkevagge, Swedish Lapland

Geografiska Annaler, Series A: Physical Geography

Volumn 90, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 201-209

  Darmody, Robert G ^a   Thorn, Colin E ^a   Dixon, John C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Arctic soils; Embryonic soils; K rkevagge; Lapland; Pyrite; Rock weathering

Indexed keywords

ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; ARCTIC ENVIRONMENT; BOULDER; PYRITE; ROCKFALL; TUNDRA; WEATHERING RATE;

ABISKO MOUNTAINS; EURASIA; EUROPE; KARKEVAGGE; LAPLAND; NORRBOTTEN; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; SWEDEN;

EID: 51049108387     PISSN: 04353676     EISSN: 14680459     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0459.2008.339.x     Document Type: Article

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