Pro-glacial soil variability and geomorphic activity - the case of three Swiss valleys

Earth Surface Processes and Landforms

Volumn 39, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 1492-1499

  Temme, Arnaud J A M ^a,b   Lange, Kas ^a,c  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c Geonius Group   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Chronosequence; Pedometrics; Pro glacial; Soil formation; Soilscape

Indexed keywords

GLACIAL GEOLOGY; LANDFORMS; WEATHERING;

CHRONOSEQUENCES; PEDOMETRICS; PRO-GLACIAL; SOIL FORMATIONS; SOILSCAPE;

SOILS;

CHRONOSEQUENCE; GEOMORPHOLOGY; PEDOGENESIS; PROGLACIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOIL PROPERTY; TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECT;

SWITZERLAND;

EID: 84906785726     PISSN: 01979337     EISSN: 10969837     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/esp.3553     Document Type: Article

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