Photogrammetric analysis of Front Range rock glacier flow rates

Geografiska Annaler, Series A: Physical Geography

Volumn 87, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 515-526

  Janke, Jason Ronald ^a  

^a University of Southern Mississippi   (United States)

Author keywords

Flow rates; Front Range; Rock glaciers

Indexed keywords

FLOW VELOCITY; GLACIER FLOW; PHOTOGRAMMETRY; ROCK GLACIER;

EID: 30744441679     PISSN: 04353676     EISSN: 14680459     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0435-3676.2005.00275.x     Document Type: Article

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