The supraglacial debris system at the Pasterze Glacier, Austria: Spatial distribution, characteristics and transport of debris

Zeitschrift fur Geomorphologie

Volumn 52, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2008, Pages 3-25

  Kellerer Pirklbauer, Andreas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; GLACIAL DEBRIS; MAP; ORTHOPHOTO; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; VALLEY GLACIER;

ALPS; AUSTRIA; CARINTHIA; CENTRAL EUROPE; EASTERN ALPS; EURASIA; EUROPE; HOHE TAUERN; PASTERZE GLACIER;

EID: 44649137435     PISSN: 03728854     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/0372-8854/2008/0052S1-0003     Document Type: Article

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