Weathering, soil formation and initial ecosystem evolution on a glacier forefield: A case study from the Damma Glacier, Switzerland

Mineralogical Magazine

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 19-22

  Bernasconi, Stefano M ^a   Christl, Iso ^b   Hajdas, Irka ^b   Zimmermann, Stephan ^c   Hagedom, Frank ^c   Smittenberg, R H ^b   Furrer, Gerhard ^b   Zeyer, Josef ^b   Brunner, Ivano ^c   Frey, Beat ^c   Plötze, Michael ^b   Lapanje, Ales ^c   Edwards, Peter ^b   Venterink, Harry Olde ^b   Göransson, Hans ^b   Frossard, Emmanuel ^b   Bünemann, Else ^b   Jansa, Jan ^b   Tamburini, Federica ^b   Welc, Monika ^b   Mitchell, Edward ^c   Bourdon, Bernard ^b   Kretzschmar, Ruben ^b   Reynolds, Ben ^b   Lemarchand, Emmanuel ^b   Wiederhold, Jan ^b   Tipper, Ed ^b   Kiczka, Mirjam ^b   Hindshaw, Ruth ^b   Stähli, Manfred ^c   Jonas, Tobias ^c   Magnusson, Jan ^c   Bander, Andreas ^c   Farinotti, Daniel ^c   Huss, Matthias ^c   Wacker, Lukas ^b   Abbaspour, K ^d   more..

^a GEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c WSL ^*

^d SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGY; BIOSPHERICS; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEMS; LAND USE; SOILS; WEATHERING;

BIOGEOCHEMICAL PROCESS; BIOLOGICAL INTERACTIONS; ECOSYSTEM EVOLUTION; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; GLACIER FOREFIELD; RESEARCH INITIATIVES; SOIL FORMATIONS; SUSTAINABLE LAND USE;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOSPHERE; CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; GLACIER; GLOBAL CHANGE; HYDROSPHERE; SOIL PROPERTY; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; WEATHERING;

CENTRAL EUROPE; DAMMAGLACIER; EURASIA; EUROPE; SWITZERLAND; URI;

EID: 57249108630     PISSN: 0026461X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1180/minmag.2008.072.1.19     Document Type: Conference Paper

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