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9. Soils of Southern Victoria Land, the Southern Transantarctic Mountains

verfasst von : James G. Bockheim, Malcolm McLeod

Erschienen in: The Soils of Antarctica

Verlag: Springer International Publishing

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Abstract

In this book we consider the southern Transantarctic Mountains (TAM) to include that portion of the TAM from the Mulock Glacier (79° S) to the southernmost part of the range, Mt. Howe (87° 19′ S).

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Titel: Soils of Southern Victoria Land, the Southern Transantarctic Mountains
verfasst von: James G. Bockheim
Malcolm McLeod
Verlag: Springer International Publishing
Buch: The Soils of Antarctica
Print ISBN: 978-3-319-05496-4

Electronic ISBN: 978-3-319-05497-1

Copyright-Jahr: 2015
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-05497-1_9