Centrifuge modelling of solifluction processes: Displacement profiles associated with one-sided and two-sided active layer freezing

Permafrost and Periglacial Processes

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 379-392

  Kern Luetschg, Martina ^a,b   Harris, Charles ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b WSL INSTITUTE FOR SNOW AND AVALANCHE RESEARCH SLF   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Active layer; Centrifuge modelling; Permafrost; Solifluction

Indexed keywords

CENTRIFUGAL MODEL TEST; DISPLACEMENT; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FREEZE-THAW CYCLE; FREEZING; LABORATORY METHOD; PERMAFROST; SOLIFLUCTION;

EID: 61449095740     PISSN: 10456740     EISSN: 10991530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ppp.633     Document Type: Article

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