The Development of Frost-weathering Microstructures on Sand-sized Quartz Grains: Examples from Poland and Mongolia

Permafrost and Periglacial Processes

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 214-227

  Woronko, Barbara ^a   Hoch, Małgorzata ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

Author keywords

Active layer; Frost weathering; Microstructures; Mongolia; Poland; Quartz sand grains; SEM

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE LAYER; GRANULOMETRY; MICROSTRUCTURE; PERMAFROST; QUARTZ; SAND; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SILTY CLAY; WEATHERING;

CENTRAL PROVINCE [MONGOLIA]; MONGOLIA; POLAND; ULAANBAATAR;

EID: 80052043169     PISSN: 10456740     EISSN: 10991530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ppp.725     Document Type: Article

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