Hemiarid lake basins: Geomorphic patterns

Geomorphology of Desert Environments

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 489-514

  Currey, Donald R ^b   Sack, Dorothy ^a  

^a OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4020-5719-9_16     Document Type: Chapter

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