Permafrost mapping using quasi-3D resistivity imaging, Murtèl, Swiss Alps

Near Surface Geophysics

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 117-127

  Rödder, Tobias ^a   Kneisel, Christof ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

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EID: 84860427217     PISSN: 15694445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3997/1873-0604.2011029     Document Type: Article

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