Two decades of responses (1986-2006) to climate by the laurichard rock glacier, French alps

Permafrost and Periglacial Processes

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 331-344

  Bodin, Xavier ^a,b   Thibert, Emmanuel ^c,d   Fabre, Denis ^e   Ribolini, Adriano ^f   Schoeneich, Philippe ^b   Francou, Bernard ^b,g   Reynaud, Louis ^b   Fort, Monique ^a  

^a PRODIG   (France)

^b UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

^c Cemagref   (France)

^d Parcr National des Ecrins   (France)

^e University of Paris Cité   (France)

^f UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^g Institut de Recherche pour le Developpement Ecuador   (Ecuador)

Author keywords

Climate controls; DC resistivity; French Alps; Rock glacier; Surface kinematics

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE EFFECT; DEFORMATION; ELECTRICAL RESISTIVITY; GEODETIC NETWORK; ICE THICKNESS; KINEMATICS; PERMAFROST; REGIONAL CLIMATE; ROCK GLACIER; SNOW COVER; SNOWMELT; TEMPERATURE; THAWING; THERMAL REGIME;

EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 70849124430     PISSN: 10456740     EISSN: 10991530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ppp.665     Document Type: Article

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