Sediment release and storage in early deglaciated areas: Towards an application of the exhaustion model from the case of Massif des Écrins (French Alps) since the Little Ice Age

Norsk Geografisk Tidsskrift

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 115-131

  Cossart, Etienne ^a   Fort, Monique ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Deglaciation; Little Ice Age; Massif des crins; Paraglacial; Sediment budget

Indexed keywords

AGGRADATION; CATCHMENT; DEGLACIATION; GLACIAL EROSION; GLACIATION; GLACIOFLUVIAL DEPOSIT; LITTLE ICE AGE; MELTING; MORAINE; SEDIMENT BUDGET; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENT TRAP;

ALPS; EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 46749148427     PISSN: 00291951     EISSN: 15025292     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00291950802095145     Document Type: Conference Paper

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