Reconstructing past rockfall activity with tree rings: Some methodological considerations

Dendrochronologia

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 1-15

  Stoffel, Markus ^a   Perret, Simone ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FRIBOURG   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Dendrogeomorphology; Impact heights; Natural hazards; Rockfall events; Sampling strategies; Scars

Indexed keywords

DEBRIS FLOW; FLOODING; ROCKFALL; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; STANDARDIZATION; TREE RING;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; SWITZERLAND;

ABIES; ABIES ALBA; FAGUS; FAGUS SYLVATICA; LARIX; LARIX DECIDUA;

EID: 33746263757     PISSN: 11257865     EISSN: 16120051     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dendro.2006.04.001     Document Type: Article

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