Snow-avalanche impact landforms, deposits and effects at Urdvatnet, southern Norway: Implications for avalanche style and process

Geografiska Annaler, Series A: Physical Geography

Volumn 88, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 295-307

  Owen, Geraint ^a   Matthews, John A ^a   Shakesby, Richard A ^a   He, Xiubin ^b  

^a SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE OF MOUNTAIN HAZARDS AND ENVIRONMENT   (China)

Author keywords

Avalanche; Debris spread; Impact plunge pool; Magnitude frequency; Norway; Sunnm re

Indexed keywords

DEBRIS AVALANCHE; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SNOW;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; NORWAY; SCANDINAVIA; TELEMARK; URDVATNET;

EID: 33845258078     PISSN: 04353676     EISSN: 14680459     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0435-3676.2006.00302.x     Document Type: Article

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