Hydrological Characterization of an Ice-Contact Lake: Miage Lake (Monte Bianco, Italy)

Water Resources Management

Volumn 24, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1677-1696

  Masetti, Marco ^a   Diolaiuti, Guglielmina ^a   D'Agata, Carlo ^a   Smiraglia, Claudio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Glacier retreat; Ice contact lake; Miage (Italy); Numerical analysis; Water balance

Indexed keywords

BED SEDIMENTS; GLACIER RETREAT; HYDROLOGICAL BALANCE; HYDROLOGICAL CHARACTERIZATION; IN-SITU TEST; LABORATORY TEST; LOW PERMEABILITY; MIAGE (ITALY); MONITORING PERIODS; NUMERICAL EVIDENCE; NUMERICAL MODELS; WATER BALANCE; WATER LOSS;

GLACIERS; GROUNDWATER FLOW; ICE; LAKES; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; WATER LEVELS; WATER SUPPLY;

RECHARGING (UNDERGROUND WATERS);

DISCHARGE; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; GLACIAL HYDROLOGY; GLACIAL LAKE; GLACIER RETREAT; GROUNDWATER FLOW; ICEBERG CALVING; IN SITU TEST; NUMERICAL MODEL; PERMEABILITY; RECHARGE; WATER BUDGET;

ALPS; ITALY; MIAGE GLACIER; VALLE D'AOSTA;

EID: 77952289580     PISSN: 09204741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11269-009-9519-x     Document Type: Article

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