Spatial inventory of landforms in the recently exposed central highland of sub-antarctic marion island

South African Geographical Journal

Volumn 90, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 11-21

  Hedding, David W ^a  

^a NORTH WEST UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRBORNE SENSING; ALTITUDINAL ZONATION; DATA INTERPRETATION; FIELD SURVEY; GEOMORPHOLOGY; GPS; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; LAVA FLOW; MAPPING; MASS MOVEMENT; OUTCROP; PERIGLACIAL LANDFORM; SNOWLINE; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SUBAERIAL EXPOSURE;

MARION ISLAND; PRINCE EDWARD ISLANDS;

EID: 77952015996     PISSN: 03736245     EISSN: 21512418     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03736245.2008.9725307     Document Type: Article

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