Hydrological connectivity of the landscape of the McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica

Geography Compass

Volumn 5, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 666-681

  Gooseff, Michael N ^a   McKnight, Diane M ^b   Doran, Peter ^c   Fountain, Andrew G ^d   Lyons, W Berry ^e  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^d PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENERGY BALANCE; HYDROLOGICAL CYCLE; ICE CORE; ICE COVER; LANDSCAPE; STREAMFLOW; SUBLIMATION; SURFACE ENERGY;

ANTARCTICA; EAST ANTARCTICA; MCMURDO DRY VALLEYS;

EID: 80052886722     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17498198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-8198.2011.00445.x     Document Type: Article

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