Permafrost in ventilated talus slopes below the timberline - A multi-methodological study on the ground thermal regime and its impact on the temporal variability and spatial heterogeneity of permafrost at three sites in the Swiss Alps

In the central Alps permafrost can be expected above 2300 m a.s.l., at altitudes where mean annual air temperatures are below -1 °C. Isolated permafrost occurrences can be detected in north-exposed talus slopes, far below the timberline, where mean annual air temperatures are positive. Driving facto...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Schwindt, Daniel
Format: Doctoral or Postdoctoral Thesis
Language:English
Published: 2013
Subjects:
Ice
Online Access:https://opus.bibliothek.uni-wuerzburg.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/9009
https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-90099
https://opus.bibliothek.uni-wuerzburg.de/files/9009/Schwindt_Daniel_Dissertation.pdf