Sediment connectivity in the high-alpine valley of Val Müschauns, Swiss National Park - linking geomorphic field mapping with geomorphometric modelling

Geomorphology

Volumn 221, Issue , 2014, Pages 215-229

  Messenzehl, Karoline ^a   Hoffmann, Thomas ^a   Dikau, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Geomorphometry; Mountain sediment cascade; Sediment connectivity; Sediment storage; Toposequence

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; CIRQUE; DIGITAL TERRAIN MODEL; GEOMORPHOLOGICAL RESPONSE; GIS; GLACIAL DEPOSIT; GLACIATION; HOLISTIC APPROACH; PLEISTOCENE; SEDIMENT BUDGET; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; TOPOSEQUENCE;

SWISS PLATEAU; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 84903519041     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2014.05.033     Document Type: Article

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