Classification of sorted patterned ground areas based on their environmental characteristics (Skagafjör{eth}ur, Northern Iceland)

Geomorphology

Volumn 139-140, Issue , 2012, Pages 577-587

  Feuillet, Thierry ^a,e   Mercier, Denis ^a,b,e   Decaulne, Armelle ^c,e   Cossart, Etienne ^d,e  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE NANTES   (France)

^b INSTITUT UNIVERSITAIRE DE FRANCE   (France)

^c CNRS   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ PARIS 1 PANTHÉON SORBONNE   (France)

^e CNRS GDR 6032 mutations polaires   (France)

Author keywords

Circles; Factor analysis; Periglacial geomorphology; Polygons; Subarctic

Indexed keywords

CLASSIFICATION; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; FACTOR ANALYSIS; GIS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATTERNED GROUND; PERIGLACIAL ENVIRONMENT; PERIGLACIAL LANDFORM; PERIGLACIAL PROCESS; SUBARCTIC REGION;

ICELAND; SKAGAFJORDUR;

EID: 84856017986     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2011.12.022     Document Type: Article

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