Quelques réflexions sur la connaissance des reliefs et processus alpins chez les Romains
During Antiquity times there existed little specific vocabulary pertaining to mountainous relief. Did Romans know what glaciers, crevasses, avalanches, rock falls, seasonal torrential erosion were? Could they estimate the height of the Alps? The phenomenon and dangers of alpine geomorphology were de...
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| Language: | English |
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Institut de Géographie Alpine
2007-09-01
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| Series: | Revue de Géographie Alpine |
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| Online Access: | https://journals.openedition.org/rga/319 |