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Record #51294:
Estimates of lichen growth rates in the maritime Antarctic / D.C. Lindsay.
Title: | Estimates of lichen growth rates in the maritime Antarctic / D.C. Lindsay. |
Author(s): | Lindsay, D. C. |
Date: | 1973. |
In: | Arctic and Alpine Research. (1973.), Vol. 5(4) (1973) |
Abstract: | Using growth rates estimated from lichens growing on introduced (dated) features on Signy Island, South Orkney Islands, the two most recent moraines of Orwell Glacier were dated. Growth rate of Rhizocarpon geographicum on this island is estimated to be about 16 mm. in diameter per century. |
Notes: | Arctic and Alpine Research. Vol. 5(4) :341-346 (1973). |
Keywords: | 550.93 -- Geochronology. 551.33 -- Glacial geology. 551.332.52 -- Moraines, terminal and recessional. 58 -- Botany. 582.29 -- Lichens. 581.143 -- Growth, botany. G -- Botany. (*7) -- Antarctic regions. (*78) -- Sub-Antarctic islands. (*725) -- South Orkney Islands. |
SPRI record no.: | 51294 |
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