The role of snow melting upon landslides in the central Argentinean Andes

Earth Surface Processes and Landforms

Volumn 37, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1106-1119

  Moreiras, Stella ^a   Lisboa, Maria Sol ^b   Mastrantonio, Leandro ^b  

^a INSTITUTO ARGENTINO DE NIVOLOGÍA   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CUYO   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Aconcagua Park; Andean rivers; Climate; ENSO; Landslides

Indexed keywords

ARGENTINA; CLIMATE; DATA SOURCE; ENSO; HISTORICAL RANGE OF VARIABILITY; LANDSLIDE FREQUENCY; LOCAL COMMUNITY; MEAN ANNUAL TEMPERATURES; SLOPE INSTABILITY; SNOW-MELTING; SOIL SATURATION; STRONG CORRELATION; TRIGGERING MECHANISM; WINTER SEASONS;

MELTING; SNOW; STREAM FLOW;

LANDSLIDES;

CLIMATE EFFECT; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; LANDSLIDE; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; SEASONAL VARIATION; SLOPE STABILITY; SNOW ACCUMULATION; SNOWMELT; STREAMFLOW; TRIGGER MECHANISM;

ACONCAGUA; ANDES; ARGENTINA;

EID: 84864764427     PISSN: 01979337     EISSN: 10969837     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/esp.3239     Document Type: Article

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