Glacier stream activity in the proglacial area of debris covered glacier in aosta valley, Italy: An application of dendroglaciology

Geografia Fisica e Dinamica Quaternaria

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 15-24

  Garavaglia, Valentina ^a   Pelfini, Manuela ^a   Motta, Elena ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Aosta valley (Italy); Debris covered glacier; Dendroglaciology; Larix decidua mill; Proglacial area

Indexed keywords

DENDROCHRONOLOGY; GLACIER DYNAMICS; GLACIOLOGY; PROGLACIAL ENVIRONMENT; VALLEY GLACIER; VEGETATION COVER;

ITALY; MIAGE GLACIER; VALLE D'AOSTA;

LARIX DECIDUA;

EID: 77955032120     PISSN: 03919838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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