Slushflows at El Port del Comte, northeast Spain

Journal of Glaciology

Volumn 45, Issue 151, 1999, Pages 555-558

  Furdada, Glòria ^a   Martínez, Pere ^b   Oller, Pere ^b   Vilaplana, Joan Manuel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b Cartographic Institute of Catalonia ICC   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVALANCHE; RAINFALL; RECREATIONAL ACTIVITY; TRIGGER MECHANISM;

PYRENEES; SPAIN;

EID: 0343183043     PISSN: 00221430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022143000001428     Document Type: Article

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