Geomorphology of snow avalanche impact landforms in the southern Canadian Cordillera

Canadian Geographer

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 87-103

  Johnson, Alexis L ^a   Smith, Dan J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Dendrochronology; Lichenometry; Plunge pools; Snow avalanche impact landforms (SAILs)

Indexed keywords

AVALANCHE; DEBRIS AVALANCHE; DENDROCHRONOLOGY; GEOMORPHOLOGY; LICHENOMETRY; SLOPE STABILITY; SNOW; TOPOGRAPHY;

CANADA; CANADIAN CORDILLERA;

EID: 77949329468     PISSN: 00083658     EISSN: 15410064     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1541-0064.2009.00275.x     Document Type: Article

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