Recent extreme avalanches: Triggered by climate change?

Eos

Volumn 89, Issue 47, 2008, Pages 469-470

  Huggel, Christian ^a   Caplan Auerbach, Jacqueline ^b   Wessels, Rick ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVO METHOD; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; DEBRIS AVALANCHE; ICE MECHANICS; ROCK AVALANCHE; SEISMIC DATA; SEISMIC METHOD; SEISMOGRAPH;

EID: 57749117073     PISSN: 00963941     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008EO470001     Document Type: Article

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