Glacier-permafrost interaction in Arctic and alpine mountain environments with examples from southern Norway and Svalbard

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 242, Issue , 2005, Pages 11-27

  Etzelmüller, Bernd ^a   Hagen, Jon Ove ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLACIER; GLACIER DYNAMICS; LANDFORM EVOLUTION; PERMAFROST;

ARCTIC; ARCTIC AND ANTARCTIC; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; NORWAY; SCANDINAVIA; SVALBARD; SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN; WORLD;

EID: 19344372453     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.2005.242.01.02     Document Type: Article

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