Quantifying sediment transport processes in periglacial mountain environments at a catchment scale using geomorphic process units

Geografiska Annaler, Series A: Physical Geography

Volumn 91, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-9

  Bartsch, A ^a   Gude, Martin ^b   Gurney, Stephen D ^c  

^a VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^b FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Geographic information system; Mass movements; Periglacial environment

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENT; GEOMORPHOLOGY; GIS; MASS MOVEMENT; PERIGLACIAL ENVIRONMENT; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT;

ABISKO MOUNTAINS; EURASIA; EUROPE; KARKEVAGGE; NORRBOTTEN; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; SWEDEN;

EID: 62149144499     PISSN: 04353676     EISSN: 14680459     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0459.2009.00349.x     Document Type: Article

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