Relative Paleoenvironmental Adjustments Following Deglaciation of the Byers Peninsula (Livingston Island, Antarctica)

Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 345-359

  Ruiz Fernández, Jesús ^a   Oliva, Marc ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO DE GEOGRAFIA E ORDENAMENTO DO TERRITÓRIO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYOTURBATION; DEGLACIATION; FIELDWORK; GEOMORPHOLOGY; HOLOCENE; MORAINE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PATTERNED GROUND; TERRACE;

ANTARCTIC PENINSULA; ANTARCTICA; BYERS PENINSULA; LIVINGSTON ISLAND; SOUTH SHETLAND ISLANDS; WEST ANTARCTICA;

EID: 85009723300     PISSN: 15230430     EISSN: 19384246     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1657/AAAR0015-014     Document Type: Review

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