Slope hummock development, Fosheim Peninsula, Ellesmere Island, Nunavut, Canada

Quaternary Research

Volumn 75, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 334-346

  Lewkowicz, Antoni G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Climate change; Hummocks; Niveo eolian processes; Nonsorted net; Patterned ground; Solifluction

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SNOW; VEGETATION;

EOLIAN DEPOSITION; HUMMOCKS; LONG-TERM EFFECTS; NONSORTED NET; PATTERNED GROUNDS; SEDIMENT CONCENTRATION; SOLIFLUCTION; VEGETATION GROWTH;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

CLIMATE CHANGE; DEPOSITION; EOLIAN DEPOSIT; NUMERICAL MODEL; PATTERNED GROUND; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SNOW ACCUMULATION; SOLIFLUCTION; VEGETATION COVER;

CANADA; ELLESMERE ISLAND; NUNAVUT; QUEEN ELIZABETH ISLANDS;

EID: 79952359524     PISSN: 00335894     EISSN: 10960287     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yqres.2010.12.013     Document Type: Article

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