Desert rock coatings

Geomorphology of Desert Environments

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 153-186

  Dorn, Ronald I ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4020-5719-9_7     Document Type: Chapter

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