Rockfall activity from an alpine cliff during thawing periods

Geomorphology

Volumn 28, Issue 3-4, 1999, Pages 309-328

  Matsuoka, Norikazu ^a   Sakai, Hiroaki ^b  

^a IBARAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Frost action; Joints; Mountains; Physical weathering; Rockfalls

Indexed keywords

ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; FROST; ROCKFALL; THAWING; WEATHERING;

JAPAN;

EID: 0032753668     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-555X(98)00116-0     Document Type: Article

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