Rock slope failure and landscape evolution in the Caledonian Mountains, as exemplefied in the Abisko area, northern Sweden

Geografiska Annaler, Series A: Physical Geography

Volumn 84, Issue 3-4, 2002, Pages 213-224

  Jarman, David ^a  

^a Mountain Landform Research   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

K rkevagge; Macrogeomorphology; Paraglacial; Preglacial landscape; Rock avalanche; Rock slope failure

Indexed keywords

GEOMORPHOLOGY; GLACIAL LANDFORM; LANDSCAPE EVOLUTION; ROCK AVALANCHE; SLOPE FAILURE;

ABISKO; SWEDEN;

EID: 0036966575     PISSN: 04353676     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0435-3676.2002.00176.x     Document Type: Article

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