New insights into mountain permafrost occurrence and characteristics in glacier forefields at high altitude through the application of 2D resistivity imaging

Permafrost and Periglacial Processes

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 221-227

  Kneisel, Christof ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Discontinuous mountain permafrost; Glacier forefields; One dimensional DC resistivity soundings; Swiss Alps; Two dimensional electrical resistivity imaging

Indexed keywords

ELECTRICAL RESISTIVITY; FROZEN GROUND; GEOPHYSICAL SURVEY; PERMAFROST; TOMOGRAPHY;

ALPS; EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 4644225259     PISSN: 10456740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ppp.495     Document Type: Article

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