Effects of the Little Ice Age on avalanche boulder tongues in the French Alps (Massif des Ecrins)

Earth Surface Processes and Landforms

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 553-564

  Jomelli, Vincent ^a   Pech, Pierre ^b  

^a LABORATOIRE DE GÉOGRAPHIE PHYSIQUE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS 1 PANTHÉON SORBONNE   (France)

Author keywords

Avalanche boulder tongue; French Alps; Lichenometry; Little Ice Age

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; DEPOSITION; FLOODS; GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS; ICE;

BOULDER TONGUE; LICHEN SIZE;

LANDFORMS;

AVALANCHE; BOULDER; LICHENOMETRY; LITTLE ICE AGE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

ALPS; DAUPHINE ALPS; EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; MASSIF DES ECRINS; WESTERN ALPS; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 2442691354     PISSN: 01979337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/esp.1050     Document Type: Article

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