Permafrost and snow monitoring at Rothera Point (Adelaide Island, Maritime Antarctica): Implications for rock weathering in cryotic conditions

Geomorphology

Volumn 225, Issue C, 2014, Pages 47-56

  Guglielmin, Mauro ^a   Worland, M Roger ^b   Baio, Fabio ^a   Convey, Peter ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INSUBRIA   (Italy)

^b BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Active layer; Antarctica; Ground surface temperature; Permafrost; Rock weathering

Indexed keywords

EID: 84899777900     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2014.03.051     Document Type: Article

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