Observations on sorted circle development, Abisko, Northern Sweden

Permafrost and Periglacial Processes

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 447-453

  Kling, Johan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Northern Sweden; Radial displacement; Sorted circles

Indexed keywords

EID: 5544294358     PISSN: 10456740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1530(199710/12)8:4<447::AID-PPP266>3.0.CO;2-H     Document Type: Article

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