Spatial and temporal diversity for debris-flow meteorological control in subarctic oceanic periglacial environments in Iceland

Earth Surface Processes and Landforms

Volumn 32, Issue 13, 2007, Pages 1971-1983

  Decaulne, Armelle ^a,b   Sæmundsson, Porsteinn ^b  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b Natural Research Centre of Northwest Iceland   (Iceland)

Author keywords

Debris flows; Iceland; Long lasting rainfall; Rain on snow; Snowmelt

Indexed keywords

GLACIERS; RAIN; SLOPE STABILITY; SNOW;

DEBRIS FLOW; METEOROLOGICAL TRIGGERING FACTOR; SNOWMELT;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

GLACIERS; OCEANOGRAPHY; RAIN; SLOPE STABILITY; SNOW;

DEBRIS FLOW; FJORD; PERIGLACIAL ENVIRONMENT; RAINFALL; SNOWMELT; SPATIAL VARIATION; SUBARCTIC REGION; TEMPORAL VARIATION; THRESHOLD;

ARCTIC; ICELAND;

EID: 36549022678     PISSN: 01979337     EISSN: 10969837     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/esp.1509     Document Type: Article

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