Temporal variability of rockfall in the Bavarian Alps, Germany

Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 564-573

  Sass, Oliver ^a  

^a Institute of Geography   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ROCKFALL; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

ALPS; BAVARIAN ALPS; CENTRAL ALPS; EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 28844502695     PISSN: 15230430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1657/1523-0430(2005)037[0564:TVORIT]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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