Thermomechanical stress-strain numerical modelling of deglaciation since the Last Glacial Maximum in the Adamello Group (Rhaetian Alps, Italy)

Geomorphology

Volumn 226, Issue , 2014, Pages 278-299

  Baroni, Carlo ^a   Martino, Salvatore ^b   Salvatore, Maria Cristina ^a   Scarascia Mugnozza, Gabriele ^b   Schilirò, Luca ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Deglaciation; Italian Alps; Late Glacial; Little Ice Age; Numerical modelling; Thermomechanical analysis

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CREEP; DEGLACIATION; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; LITTLE ICE AGE; NUMERICAL MODEL; ROCK AVALANCHE; ROCKFALL; STRESS-STRAIN RELATIONSHIP; THERMOMECHANICS;

ALPS; ITALY;

EID: 84907162959     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2014.08.013     Document Type: Article

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