Spatial and temporal rockfall activity in a forest stand in the Swiss Prealps - A dendrogeomorphological case study

Geomorphology

Volumn 74, Issue 1-4, 2006, Pages 219-231

  Perret, Simone ^a   Stoffel, Markus ^b   Kienholz, Hans ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FRIBOURG   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Dendrogeomorphology; Natural hazards; Protective forest; Rockfall; Scars; Swiss Prealps

Indexed keywords

FOREST; ROCKFALL; TREE RING;

ALPS; EURASIA; EUROPE; PREALPS;

PICEA ABIES;

EID: 32644438793     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2005.08.009     Document Type: Article

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