Seasonal timing of rockfall activity on a forested slope at Täschgufer (Swiss Alps) - A dendrochronological approach

Zeitschrift fur Geomorphologie

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 89-106

  Stoffel, Markus ^a   Lièvre, Igor ^a   Monbaron, Michel ^a   Perret, Simone ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FRIBOURG   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DENDROCHRONOLOGY; ROCKFALL; SEASONAL VARIATION;

ALPS; EURASIA; EUROPE;

LARIX DECIDUA;

EID: 20044367945     PISSN: 03728854     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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