Thermal Characteristics of the Permafrost within an Active Rock Glacier (Murtèl/Corvatsch, Grisons, Swiss Alps)
Abstract Temperatures from a bore hole through an active rock glacier in the eastern Swiss Alps are presented and thermal conditions within the slowly creeping permafrost are analyzed. Present mean annual temperature in the uppermost part of the permafrost is −3°C. Permafrost is 52 m thick and reach...
| Published in: | Journal of Glaciology |
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| Main Authors: | , |
| Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge University Press (CUP)
1990
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| Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0022143000009382 https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0022143000009382 |