Solifluction and mudflow on a limestone periglacial slope in the Swiss Alps: 14 years of monitoring

Permafrost and Periglacial Processes

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 219-240

  Matsuoka, Norikazu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Frost heave; Mudflow; Periglacial; Seasonal frost; Solifluction; Swiss Alps

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL VARIATION; FREEZE-THAW CYCLE; FROST HEAVE; LIMESTONE; MOISTURE CONTENT; MONITORING SYSTEM; MUDFLOW; PARAMETERIZATION; PERIGLACIAL LANDFORM; SLOPE; SNOW COVER; SOIL TEMPERATURE; SOLIFLUCTION; THAWING;

ALPS; CENTRAL ALPS;

EID: 78149483273     PISSN: 10456740     EISSN: 10991530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ppp.678     Document Type: Article

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