Characterization and monitoring of the furggwanghorn rock glacier, Turtmann Valley, Switzerland: Results from 2010 to 2012

Vadose Zone Journal

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Buchli, Thomas ^a   Merz, Kaspar ^a   Zhou, Xiaohai ^a   Kinzelbach, Wolfgang ^a   Springman, Sarah M ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; BOREHOLES; CREEP; LANDFORMS; RADIATION EFFECTS; ROCKS; SNOW;

AIR TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE EFFECTS; CREEP DEFORMATIONS; INFILTRATION PROCESS; ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE; ROCK GLACIERS; SNOW COVERS; SWITZERLAND; TEMPERATURE RADIATION; THERMAL RESPONSE;

PERMAFROST;

AIR TEMPERATURE; BOREHOLE; DEGRADATION; GEOMORPHOLOGY; GROUND PENETRATING RADAR; HYDROMECHANICS; INFILTRATION; MONITORING; RADIATION BALANCE; RAINFALL; ROCK GLACIER; SEEPAGE; SEISMIC REFRACTION; SNOW COVER;

SWITZERLAND;

EID: 84874429847     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15391663     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2136/vzj2012.0067     Document Type: Article

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