Paraglacial response of steep, sediment-mantled slopes to post-'Little Ice Age' glacier recession in the central Swiss Alps

Journal of Quaternary Science

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 211-225

  Curry, A M ^a   Cleasby, V ^a   Zukowskyj, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HERTFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Debris flow; Glacigenic sediment; Gully; Paraglacial; Swiss Alps

Indexed keywords

DEBRIS FLOW; DEGLACIATION; LITTLE ICE AGE;

ALPS; CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 33645314377     PISSN: 02678179     EISSN: 10991417     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jqs.954     Document Type: Article

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