Permafrost distribution in talus siopes located within the alpine periglacial belt, Swiss alps

Permafrost and Periglacial Processes

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 293-304

  Lambiel, Christophe ^a   Pieracci, Kim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

BTS measurements; Dataloggers; DC resistivity; Permafrost; Swiss alps; Talus slope

Indexed keywords

ELECTRICAL RESISTIVITY; EROSION; FROZEN GROUND; GLACIAL DEPOSIT; PERIGLACIAL ENVIRONMENT; PERMAFROST; SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TALUS;

ALPS; EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 52349110268     PISSN: 10456740     EISSN: 10991530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ppp.624     Document Type: Article

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