Soil erosion and organic carbon export by wet snow avalanches

Many mountain belts sustain prolonged snow cover for parts of the year, although enquiries into rates of erosion in these landscapes have focused almost exclusively on the snow-free periods. This raises the question of whether annual snow cover contributes significantly to modulating rates of erosio...

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Main Authors: O. Korup, C. Rixen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Copernicus Publications 2014-04-01
Series:The Cryosphere
Online Access:http://www.the-cryosphere.net/8/651/2014/tc-8-651-2014.pdf