Modeling and measurement of permafrost temperatures in the summit crest of the Zugspitze, Germany;Modélisation et mesures des températures du pergélisol au sommet du Zugspitze (Allemagne);Modellierung und Messung von Permafrosttemperaturen im Gipfelgrat der Zugspitze, Deutschland

Geographica Helvetica

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 113-123

  Nötzli, Jeannette ^a   Gruber, Stephan ^a   von Poschinger, Andreas ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b Bayerisches Landesamt für Umwelt ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

Bedrock permafrost; Borehole temperatures; Three dimensional modeling; Zugspitze

Indexed keywords

EID: 84984415647     PISSN: 0016-7312     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/gh-65-113-2010     Document Type: Article

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