Formation of high-mountain talus slopes related to debris-flow activity in the High Tatra Mountains

Permafrost and Periglacial Processes

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 191-204

  Kotarba, A ^a  

^a POLISH ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Poland)

Author keywords

Debris flow; Lake sediment; Talus slope; Tatra Mountains

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000486970     PISSN: 10456740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1099-1530(199732)8:2<191::aid-ppp250>3.0.co;2-h     Document Type: Article

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