Using vegetation to characterize the avalanche of Canal del Roc Roig, Vall de Núria, eastern Pyrenees, Spain

Annals of Glaciology

Volumn 38, Issue , 2004, Pages 159-165

  Molina, Ricard ^a   Muntán, Elena ^b,c   Andreu, Laia ^c   Furdada, Glòria ^c   Oller, Pere ^b   Gutiérrez, Emilia ^c   Martínez, Pere ^b   Vilaplana, Joan Manuel ^c  

^a IGR EMAP SL Ignasi Grau Roca   (Spain)

^b Cartographic Institute of Catalonia ICC   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVALANCHE; DENDROCHRONOLOGY; HISTORICAL RECORD; LAND USE PLANNING; NATURAL HAZARD;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; PYRENEES; WORLD;

PINUS UNCINATA;

EID: 15444372072     PISSN: 02603055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3189/172756404781814807     Document Type: Article

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