Hazard assessment investigations in connection with the formation of a lake on the tongue of Unterer Grindelwaldgletscher, Bernese Alps, Switzerland

Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 227-237

  Werder, M A ^a   Bauder, A ^a   Funk, M ^a   Keusen, H R ^b  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b GEOTEST AG   (Switzerland)

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EID: 80052242597     PISSN: 15618633     EISSN: 16849981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/nhess-10-227-2010     Document Type: Article

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