Permafrost aggradation caused by tephra accumulation over snow-covered surfaces: Examples from the Hekla-2000 eruption in Iceland

Permafrost and Periglacial Processes

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 269-284

  Kellerer Pirklbauer, Andreas ^a   Farbrot, Herman ^b   Etzelmüller, Bernd ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Active volcanoes; Conceptual denivation model; Denivation landform; Hekla eruption 2000; Iceland; Permafrost aggradation

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE LAYER; AGGRADATION; PERMAFROST; SNOW COVER; TEPHRA; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

ARCTIC; HEKLA; ICELAND;

EID: 34548742220     PISSN: 10456740     EISSN: 10991530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ppp.596     Document Type: Article

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