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Paraglacial Modifications of Glacial Sediments Over Millennial to Decadal Time-Scales in the High Arctic (Billefjorden, Central Spitsbergen, Svalbard) Cover

Paraglacial Modifications of Glacial Sediments Over Millennial to Decadal Time-Scales in the High Arctic (Billefjorden, Central Spitsbergen, Svalbard)

Quaestiones Geographicae
Volume 29 (2010): Issue 3 (September 2010)
By: Grzegorz Rachlewicz  
Open Access
|Sep 2010

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/v10117-010-0023-4 | Journal eISSN: 2081-6383 | Journal ISSN: 2082-2103
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Language: English
Page range: 59 - 67
Published on: Sep 23, 2010
Published by: Adam Mickiewicz University
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 4 issues per year
Keywords:
glacial geomorphology,
Quaternary glaciations,
sediment characteristics,
paraglacial modifications,
Spitsbergen
Related subjects:
Geosciences,
Geography

© 2010 Grzegorz Rachlewicz, published by Adam Mickiewicz University
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Volume 29 (2010): Issue 3 (September 2010)