Internal structure and behaviour of a rock glacier in the arid Andes of Argentina

Permafrost and Periglacial Processes

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 289-299

  Croce, Flavia A ^a   Milana, Juan P ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE SAN JUAN   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Andes; Geophysics; Permafrost; Rock glacier

Indexed keywords

GEOPHYSICAL METHOD; ICE THICKNESS; PERMAFROST; ROCK GLACIER; SEISMIC REFRACTION;

AGUA NEGRA BASIN; ARGENTINA; SAN JUAN PROVINCE;

EID: 0036825424     PISSN: 10456740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ppp.431     Document Type: Article

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