Combining sediment analysis and seismic refraction to describe the structure, thickness and distribution of periglacial slope deposits at Niwot Ridge, rocky mountains Front Range, Colorado, USA

Zeitschrift fur Geomorphologie

Volumn 52, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2008, Pages 77-94

  Leopold, Matthias ^a   Dethier, David ^b   Völkel, Jörg ^a   Raab, Thomas ^c  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b WILLIAMS COLLEGE   (United States)

^c BRANDENBURG UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; BEDROCK; GEOPHYSICS; PERIGLACIAL ENVIRONMENT; SEDIMENT ANALYSIS; SEISMIC REFRACTION; TOPOGRAPHY;

COLORADO; FRONT RANGE; NIWOT RIDGE; NORTH AMERICA; ROCKY MOUNTAINS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 59949088538     PISSN: 03728854     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/0372-8854/2008/0052S2-0077     Document Type: Article

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