Monitoring of the Taconnaz ice fall (French Alps) using measurements of mass balance, surface velocities and ice cliff position

Cold Regions Science and Technology

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 1-11

  Le Meur, E ^a   Vincent, C ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Balance flux; Glacial hazard; Glacier dynamics; Ice fall; Ice flow; Ice velocity; Mass balance

Indexed keywords

COLD WEATHER PROBLEMS; ICE; ICE PROBLEMS; SNOW; SURFACE TOPOGRAPHY; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

BALANCE FLUX; GLACIAL HAZARD; GLACIER DYNAMICS; ICE FALL; ICE FLOW; ICE VELOCITY; MASS BALANCE;

GLACIERS;

GLACIER; GLACIER DYNAMICS; GLACIOLOGY; ICE FLOW; MASS BALANCE; MONITORING;

EID: 33748086442     PISSN: 0165232X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.coldregions.2006.05.001     Document Type: Article

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