Die nivale Höhenstufe und ein Versuch ihrer klimatischen Abgrenzung anhand ausgewählter Gebiete der Alpen und Skandinaviens

Abstract: For eight areas in the Alps and three areas in Scandinavia a nivation zone was identified by means of field investigations and the nivation forms were separated from those of the periglacial. Based on the different landscape character, the tendency to the formation or deepening of (nivation) hollows is dominating by different processes and process combinations. On the contrary, there is a lower periglacial zone with more smooth forms and a superficial erosion of slopes caused mainly by solifluction processes. The nivation zone is followed upwards by the glacial one, characterised by bigger forms (cirques) and/or complete covering of the relief by glaciers. The existence of a nivation zone in the Alps and Scandinavia corresponds to mean annual temperatures below -1°C and a seasonal mean temperature of 4°C during May-October. Contrary to the glacial zone, perennial snow patches are mainly linked to hygric conditions. During the ablation period (May-October) the mean precipitation per.... https://www.erdkunde.uni-bonn.de/article/view/2246

Object Details

• Location: Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
• Extent: Online-Ressource
• Language: Englisch

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• Bibliographic citation: Die nivale Höhenstufe und ein Versuch ihrer klimatischen Abgrenzung anhand ausgewählter Gebiete der Alpen und Skandinaviens ; volume:46 ; number:1 ; year:1992 ; Erdkunde ; 46, Heft 1 (1992)

Contributors, Places and Time

• Creator: Lehmkuhl, Frank ; Böhner, Jürgen ; Rost, Karl Tilmann

Further information

• DOI: 10.3112/erdkunde.1992.01.01
• URN: urn:nbn:de:101:1-2410290852362.210554979950
• Rights: Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
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