Rapid degradation of ground ice in a ventilated Talus slope: Flüela Pass, Swiss Alps

Permafrost and Periglacial Processes

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-14

  Phillips, Marcia ^a   Mutter, Evelyn Zenklusen ^a   Kern Luetschg, Martina ^a   Lehning, Michael ^a  

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

Author keywords

Borehole temperatures; Condensation; Latent heat transfer; Mountain permafrost; Permafrost degradation; Ventilated talus slope

Indexed keywords

BOREHOLE; CONDENSATION; DEGRADATION; HEAT TRANSFER; ICE COVER; LATENT HEAT FLUX; MOUNTAIN; PERMAFROST; SLOPE; TALUS; TEMPERATURE; VENTILATION;

ALPS; EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 65349146518     PISSN: 10456740     EISSN: 10991530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ppp.638     Document Type: Article

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