Glacier-dammed lake outburst events of Gornersee, Switzerland

Journal of Glaciology

Volumn 53, Issue 181, 2007, Pages 189-200

  Huss, Matthias ^a   Bauder, Andreas ^a   Werder, Mauro ^a   Funk, Martin ^a   Hock, Regine ^b  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROGRAPH; ICE MARGIN; ICE-DAMMED LAKE; LAKE WATER; OUTBURST; OUTFLOW;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 37549031348     PISSN: 00221430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3189/172756507782202784     Document Type: Article

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