A new rock glacier inventory of the eastern European Alps

Austrian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 105, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 78-93

  Kellerer Pirklbauer, Andreas ^a,b   Lieb, Gerhard Karl ^a   Kleinferchner, Harald ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^b GRAZ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Central and eastern austria; Holocene; Late pleistocene; Permafrost; Polygon based rock glacier inventory

Indexed keywords

ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; HOLOCENE; INVENTORY; MOUNTAIN ENVIRONMENT; ORTHOPHOTO; PERMAFROST; PLEISTOCENE; ROCK GLACIER; TOPOGRAPHIC MAPPING;

ALPS; AUSTRIA; EASTERN ALPS;

EID: 84871855554     PISSN: 20727151     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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