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Rock glacier inventory, Hautes Alpes Calcaires, Switzerland

Entry ID: ggd289

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Summary

Abstract: The Hautes Alpes Calcaires is a limestone range in the northern part of the Rhone Valley (Switzerland). It is characterized by a transitional climate between the wet Prealpes (precipitations = 1500 mm per year at 1000 m asl) and the central part of Valais (750 mm per year at 1000 m asl) and a contrasted morphology, with high limestone cliffs alternating with schists. For each rock glacier a file ...

Geographic Coverage

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Spatial coordinates

N: 46.42

S: 46.13

E: 7.6

W: 7.03

Temporal Coverage

Start Date: 1992-01-01

Stop Date: 1997-12-31

Location Keywords

CONTINENT > EUROPE > WESTERN EUROPE > SWITZERLAND > MORCLES AND CHAVALARD RANGE, DIABLERETS RANGE, WILDHORN

Science Keywords

CRYOSPHERE > SNOW/ICE > SNOW/ICE TEMPERATURE

CRYOSPHERE > FROZEN GROUND > SOIL TEMPERATURE

ISO Topic Category

GEOSCIENTIFIC INFORMATION

INLAND WATERS

Ancillary Keywords

Mapping

Rock Glaciers

Data Center

National Snow and Ice Data Center

Data Center URL: http://nsidc.org

Data Center Personnel
Name: NSIDC USER SERVICES Phone: +1 (303) 492-6199 Fax: +1 (303) 492-2468 Email: nsidc at nsidc.org Contact Address: National Snow and Ice Data Center CIRES, 449 UCB University of Colorado City: Boulder Province or State: CO Postal Code: 80309-0449 Country: USA

World Data Center for Glaciology, Boulder

Data Center URL: http://nsidc.org/wdc/

Data Center Personnel
Name: NSIDC USER SERVICES Phone: +1 (303) 492-6199 Fax: +1 (303) 492-2468 Email: nsidc at nsidc.org Contact Address: National Snow and Ice Data Center CIRES, 449 UCB University of Colorado City: Boulder Province or State: CO Postal Code: 80309-0449 Country: USA

Frozen Ground Data Center

Data Center URL: http://nsidc.org/fgdc/

Data Center Personnel
Name: NSIDC FGDC USER SERVICES Phone: +1 (303) 492-6199 Fax: +1 (303) 492-2468 Email: nsidc at nsidc.org Contact Address: National Snow and Ice Data Center CIRES, 449 UCB University of Colorado City: Boulder Province or State: CO Postal Code: 80309-0449 Country: USA

Personnel

MARCIA PHILLIPS

Role: INVESTIGATOR

Phone: 41 81 417 0218

Fax: 41 81 417 0110

Email: phillips at slf.ch

Contact Address:

Swiss Federal Institute for Snow and Avalanche Research

City: Davos Dorf

Postal Code: CH-7260

Country: Switzerland

Creation and Review Dates

Last DIF Revision Date: 2010-12-29

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