Polar eolian sand transport: Grain characteristics determined by an automated scanning electron microscope (QEMSCAN®)

Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 731-743

  Speirs, Johanna C ^a   McGowan, Hamish A ^a   Neil, David T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATION; EOLIAN PROCESS; FINE GRAINED SEDIMENT; POLAR REGION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; VALLEY;

ANTARCTICA; EAST ANTARCTICA; MCMURDO DRY VALLEYS; VICTORIA VALLEY [EAST ANTARCTICA];

EID: 58149398413     PISSN: 15230430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1657/1523-0430(07-029)[SPEIRS]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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