An overview of the consequences of paraglacial landsliding on deglaciated mountain slopes: Typology, timing and contribution to cascading fluxes

Quaternaire

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 13-24

  Cossart, Etienne ^a   Mercier, Denis ^b   Decaulne, Armelle ^c   Feuillet, Thierry ^d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS 1 PANTHÉON SORBONNE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE NANTES   (France)

^c INSTITUT UNIVERSITAIRE DE FRANCE   (France)

^d CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Cascading system; Landsliding; Mountain slopes; Northern hemisphere; Paraglaciation; Sediment fluxes

Indexed keywords

AGGRADATION; DEGLACIATION; EROSION; GLACIATION; HEADWATER; LANDSLIDE; MOUNTAIN REGION; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEISMOTECTONICS; SLOPE;

ALPS; ARCTIC; ICELAND; NORWAY; SCOTLAND; SVALBARD; SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84875958305     PISSN: 11422904     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4000/quaternaire.6444     Document Type: Article

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