Volume estimation, kinematics and sediment transfer rates of active rockglaciers in the Turtmann Valley, Switzerland

Lecture Notes in Earth Sciences

Volumn 115, Issue , 2010, Pages 185-198

  Gärtner Roer, Isabelle ^a   Nyenhuis, Michael ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

European Alps; Periglacial; Rockglacier; Sediment budget; Sediment transfer rates

Indexed keywords

EID: 78649261923     PISSN: 09300317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-75761-0_12     Document Type: Conference Paper

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