Mountain permafrost - research frontiers and a special long-term challenge

Cold Regions Science and Technology

Volumn 96, Issue , 2013, Pages 71-76

  Haeberli, Wilfried ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Climate change; High mountains; Natural hazards; Permafrost; Slope stability

Indexed keywords

COMPLEX TOPOGRAPHIES; GEOPHYSICAL TOMOGRAPHIES; HIGH MOUNTAINS; KEYNOTE PRESENTATION; LABORATORY ANALYSIS; MOUNTAIN PERMAFROSTS; NATURAL HAZARD; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION PATTERNS;

CLIMATE CHANGE; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; PERMAFROST; RESEARCH; ROCK BURSTS; SLOPE PROTECTION; SLOPE STABILITY;

LANDFORMS;

CLIMATE CHANGE; GLACIER; LANDSLIDE; MOUNTAIN REGION; NATURAL HAZARD; PERMAFROST; ROCKFALL; SLOPE STABILITY;

ALPS;

EID: 84887144598     PISSN: 0165232X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.coldregions.2013.02.004     Document Type: Article

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