Mountain-top detritus and patterned ground in the gaspésie mountains, Quebec, canada

Geographia Polonica

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 29-39

  French, Hugh M ^a   Bjornson, Jean ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

Blockfields; Canada; Gasp sie mountains; Mechanical weathering; Patterned ground; Permafrost; Qu bec

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CONDITIONS; DETRITUS; HEAVE; HOLOCENE; ICE; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; MOUNTAIN ENVIRONMENT; MOVEMENT;

CANADA; GASPE PENINSULA; NORTH AMERICA; QUEBEC [CANADA];

EID: 60149108836     PISSN: 00167282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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