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Grain-size characteristics of deposits derived from different glacigenic environments of the Schirmacher Oasis, East Antarctica

Geologos
Volume 18 (2012): Issue 4 (December 2012)
By: Ashok K. Srivastava,  Pravin S. Ingle,  Harihar S. Lunge and  Neloy Khare  
Open Access
|Dec 2012

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/v10118-012-0014-0 | Journal eISSN: 2080-6574 | Journal ISSN: 1426-8981
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Language: English
Page range: 251 - 266
Submitted on: Apr 2, 2012
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Accepted on: Oct 15, 2012
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Published on: Dec 30, 2012
Published by: Adam Mickiewicz University
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 3 issues per year
Keywords:
sedimentary petrology,
granulometry,
glacial sediments,
Schirmacher Oasis,
Antarctica
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Geosciences,
Geophysics,
Geology and mineralogy,
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© 2012 Ashok K. Srivastava, Pravin S. Ingle, Harihar S. Lunge, Neloy Khare, published by Adam Mickiewicz University
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Volume 18 (2012): Issue 4 (December 2012)