Snow cover and soil moisture controls on solifluction in an area of seasonal frost, Eastern Alps

Permafrost and Periglacial Processes

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 399-410

  Jaesche, Philipp ^a   Veit, Heinz ^b   Huwe, Bernd ^c  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Austrian Alps; Frost heave; Monitoring; Seasonal frost; Soil moisture; Solifluction

Indexed keywords

FROST HEAVE; MONITORING; PERIGLACIAL ENVIRONMENT; SNOW COVER; SOIL MOISTURE; SOLIFLUCTION;

ALPS; AUSTRIA; CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 0347024803     PISSN: 10456740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ppp.471     Document Type: Article

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