Sediment transport and bedrock erosion by wet snow avalanches in the Guggigraben, Matter Valley, Switzerland

Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 350-362

  Moore, Jeffrey ^a   Egloff, Jonas ^a   Nagelisen, Jan ^a   Hunziker, Michael ^a   Aerne, Ulrich ^a   Christen, Marc ^b  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b WSL INSTITUTE FOR SNOW AND AVALANCHE RESEARCH SLF   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEDROCK; CATCHMENT; EROSION; ROCKFALL; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SNOW AVALANCHE;

SWITZERLAND;

EID: 84883269392     PISSN: 15230430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1657/1938-4246-45.3.350     Document Type: Article

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