GIS-based modelling of rock-ice avalanches from Alpine permafrost areas

Computational Geosciences

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 161-178

  Noetzli, Jeannette ^a   Huggel, Christian ^a   Hoelzle, Martin ^a   Haeberli, Wilfried ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

GIS; Hydrological flow routing; Modified single flow direction; Permafrost; Rock fall; Rock ice avalanche; Topography based models

Indexed keywords

AVALANCHES (SNOWSLIDES); COMPUTER SIMULATION; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PERMAFROST; ROCK MECHANICS; SLOPE STABILITY;

GIS; MODELING; PERMAFROST; ROCK AVALANCHE; ROCKFALL; SLOPE STABILITY;

EID: 33748868484     PISSN: 14200597     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10596-005-9017-z     Document Type: Conference Paper

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