Essays about: "Swiss Alps"

Found 4 essays containing the words Swiss Alps.

  1. 1. Implications of a rapidly thinning ice-margin for annual moraine formation at Gornergletscher, Switzerland

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Geologiska institutionen

    Author : Lukas Rettig; [2020]
    Keywords : Recessional moraines; Ice-marginal processes; Glacier retreat; Glacial geomorphology; Glacial sedimentology; Alpine glaciers; Swiss Alps; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

    Abstract : This study examines genetic processes and climatological significance of annual moraine formation in the foreland of Gornergletscher, a large alpine-valley glacier located in the southern Swiss Alps. A particular focus is set on moraine ridges that have been forming between 2007 and 2019, a period when the glacier has been subject to accelerated retreat and pronounced frontal thinning. READ MORE

  3. 2. Interactions of hydrometeorological processes and debris-flow activity in two Alpine catchments

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för naturgeografi

    Author : Olivia Debora Sartorius; [2019]
    Keywords : Hydrology; Hydrometeorology; debris-flow; Swiss Alps; catchments;

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  4. 3. Near-Surface Energy Balance on an Alpine Rock Glacier: Murtèl-Corvatsch

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Luft-, vatten- och landskapslära

    Author : Luisa Pruessner; [2017]
    Keywords : rock glaciers; energy balance; SNOWPACK; permafrost;

    Abstract : This project investigates the near surface energy balance on the Murt`el-Corvatsch rock glacier in the Upper Engadine, Swiss Alps, using the 1D physical SNOWPACK model. A correct representation of the near surface energy balance is important to predict the long term evolution of permafrost below rock glaciers. READ MORE

  5. 4. Farm animals: between pets and livestock : a case study from a Swiss alpine farm

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Urban and Rural Development

    Author : Franziska Hoffet; [2015]
    Keywords : Alpine farming; human-livestock interaction; Simmental cows; Switzerland;

    Abstract : This essay explores farmers' interaction and emotional attachment to their cows. More precisely, the emotional attachment, conceptualisation of a good cow and good stockmanship was analysed using phenomenological approaches and Rhoda Wilkie’s (2005: 218) classification of sentient commodities as a central concept. READ MORE