Discharge from active rock glaciers, Austrian Alps: A stable isotope approach

Austrian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 100, Issue , 2007, Pages 102-112

  Krainer, Karl ^a   Mostler, Wolfram ^a   Spötl, Christoph ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

Author keywords

Electrical conductivity; Hydrology; Melt water; Oxygen isotopes; Rock glacier

Indexed keywords

DISCHARGE; DIURNAL VARIATION; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; GLACIAL HYDROLOGY; GROUNDWATER; MELTWATER; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; ROCK GLACIER; SEASONAL VARIATION; SNOWMELT;

ALPS; CENTRAL ALPS; EURASIA; EUROPE; OTZTAL ALPS;

EID: 41149130094     PISSN: 20727151     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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