Avalanche-derived rock glaciers in Svalbard

Permafrost and Periglacial Processes

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 75-88

  Humlum, Ole ^a   Christiansen, Hanne H ^b   Juliussen, Håvard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY CENTRE IN SVALBARD   (Norway)

Author keywords

Avalanches; Permafrost; Rock glaciers; Spitsbergen; Svalbard

Indexed keywords

FORMATION MECHANISM; FREEZE-THAW CYCLE; PERCOLATION; PERMAFROST; ROCK AVALANCHE; ROCK GLACIER; SNOW ACCUMULATION;

ARCTIC; SVALBARD; SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN;

EID: 33947285554     PISSN: 10456740     EISSN: 10991530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ppp.580     Document Type: Article

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