Spatial patterns of rockfall intensity in the northern Alps

Zeitschrift fur Geomorphologie, Supplementband

Volumn 138, Issue , 2005, Pages 51-65

  Sass, Oliver ^a,b  

^a Institut für Geographie ^*

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUGSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; ROCKFALL;

EID: 28844461266     PISSN: 00442798     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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