Internal structure of the Green Lake 5 rock glacier, Colorado Front Range, USA

Permafrost and Periglacial Processes

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 107-119

  Leopold, M ^a   Williams, M W ^b   Caine, N ^b   Volkel J ^a   Dethier, D ^c  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c WILLIAMS COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Electrical resistivity tomography; Ground penetrating radar; Hydrology; Rock glacier; Seismic refraction

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE LAYER; ELECTRICAL RESISTIVITY; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE; GROUND PENETRATING RADAR; HYDROLOGY; P-WAVE; PERMAFROST; ROCK GLACIER; SEISMIC REFRACTION; WAVE VELOCITY;

COLORADO; FRONT RANGE; ROCKY MOUNTAINS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79958845094     PISSN: 10456740     EISSN: 10991530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ppp.706     Document Type: Article

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