Biocryomorphology: Integrating microbial processes with ice surface hydrology, topography, and roughness

Frontiers in Earth Sciences

Volumn 3, Issue , 2015, Pages 1-6

  Cook, Joseph ^a   Edwards, Arwyn ^b,c   Hubbard, Alun ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DERBY   (United Kingdom)

^b ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

Author keywords

Biocryomorphology; Cryosphere; Ecology; Glacier; Glaciology

Indexed keywords

EID: 85027468415     PISSN: 18634621     EISSN: 1863463X     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.3389/feart.2015.00078     Document Type: Article

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