Duricrusts

Geomorphology of Desert Environments

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 123-151

  Dixon, John C ^a   McLaren, Sue J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

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