A six-year record of debris transport by avalanches on a wildfire slope (Arnspitze, Tyrol)

Zeitschrift fur Geomorphologie

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 181-193

  Sass, O ^a   Heel, M ^b   Hoinkis, R ^c   Wetzel, K F ^b  

^a Institut für Geographie und Raumforschung   (Austria)

^b Institute of Geography   (Germany)

^c Institut für Physische Geographie   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alps; Avalanche; Erosion; Sediment yield; Wildfire

Indexed keywords

AVALANCHE; BEDROCK; DEBRIS FLOW; DEPOSITION; EROSION RATE; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENT YIELD; SLOPE DYNAMICS; TEMPORAL VARIATION; WILDFIRE;

AUSTRIA; TYROL;

EID: 78549272373     PISSN: 03728854     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/0372-8854/2010/0054-0009     Document Type: Article

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