The role of Ecological Value in Geomorphosite assessment for the Debris-Covered Miage Glacier (Western Italian Alps) based on a review of 2.5 centuries of scientific study

Geoheritage

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 119-135

  Bollati, Irene ^a   Leonelli, Giovanni ^a   Vezzola, Laura ^a   Pelfini, Manuela ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Ecological value; Geomorphosite; Miage Glacier

Indexed keywords

EID: 84940222737     PISSN: 18672477     EISSN: 18672485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12371-014-0111-2     Document Type: Article

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