Geometry and dynamics of two lobe-shaped rock glaciers in the permafrost of Svalbard

Norsk Geografisk Tidsskrift

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 152-160

  Kääb, Andreas ^a   Isaksen, Ketil ^b   Eiken, Trond ^c   Farbrot, Herman ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b Norwegian Meteorologica l Institute   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Creep; Geometry; Rock glacier; Svalbard

Indexed keywords

CREEP; GEOMETRY; PERMAFROST; PHOTOGRAMMETRY; ROCK GLACIER; VELOCITY;

SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN;

EID: 0036068169     PISSN: 00291951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/002919502760056486     Document Type: Article

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