Aeolian processes and landforms in the sub-antarctic: Preliminary observations from marion island

Polar Research

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Hedding, David W ^a   Nel, Werner ^b   Anderson, Ryan L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AFRICA   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FORT HARE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Climate change; Dispersal; Erosion; Marion island; Wind

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; DISPERSAL; EOLIAN PROCESS; EROSION; LANDFORM; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENT TRAP;

MARION ISLAND; PRINCE EDWARD ISLANDS;

EID: 84979078361     PISSN: 08000395     EISSN: 17518369     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3402/polar.v34.26365     Document Type: Article

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