Slipfaceless 'whaleback' dunes in a polar desert, Victoria Valley, Antarctica: Insights from ground penetrating radar

Geomorphology

Volumn 114, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 361-372

  Bristow, C S ^a   Jol, H M ^b   Augustinus, P ^c   Wallis, I ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN EAU CLAIRE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Accretion; Antarctica; Dune; Mars; Zibar

Indexed keywords

ACCRETION; BEDFORM; DESERT; DUNE; EOLIAN DEPOSIT; FOEHN; GROUND PENETRATING RADAR; ICE CAP; KATABATIC FLOW; POLAR REGION;

ANTARCTICA; EAST ANTARCTICA; VICTORIA VALLEY [EAST ANTARCTICA];

EID: 70649091134     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2009.08.001     Document Type: Article

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