Local variations of solifluction activity and environment in the Abisko Mountains, Northern Sweden

Earth Surface Processes and Landforms

Volumn 36, Issue 15, 2011, Pages 2042-2053

  Ridefelt, Hanna ^a   Boelhouwers, Jan ^a   Etzelmüller, Bernd ^b  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Geomorphic work; Local scale; Solifluction

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS; GEOMORPHIC WORK; LANDSCAPE DEVELOPMENT; LOCAL SCALE; LOCAL VARIATIONS; MOUNTAIN REGIONS; SITE TO SITES; SOIL TEXTURES; SOLIFLUCTION;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; GEOMORPHOLOGY; SOIL MOISTURE;

LANDFORMS;

DENUDATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; MOUNTAIN REGION; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL TEXTURE; SOLIFLUCTION; TOPOGRAPHY; VEGETATION;

ABISKO MOUNTAINS; NORRBOTTEN; SWEDEN;

EID: 82855165017     PISSN: 01979337     EISSN: 10969837     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/esp.2225     Document Type: Article

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