Influence of snow cover and grain size on the ground thermal regime in the discontinuous permafrost zone, Swiss Alps

Geomorphology

Volumn 175-176, Issue , 2012, Pages 176-189

  Rödder, Tobias ^a   Kneisel, Christof ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Active layer depth; Borehole temperature; Frozen ground; Permafrost mapping; Thermal insulation; Zero curtain

Indexed keywords

BOREHOLE; FROZEN GROUND; GRAIN SIZE; PERMAFROST; SNOW COVER; SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY;

ALPS; ENGADIN; GRAUBUNDEN; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 84866429451     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2012.07.008     Document Type: Article

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