Differentiating past events on a cone influenced by debris-flow and snow avalanche activity - A dendrogeomorphological approach

Earth Surface Processes and Landforms

Volumn 31, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1424-1437

  Stoffel, Markus ^a   Bollschweiler, Michelle ^a   Hassler, Gion Reto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FRIBOURG   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Debris flow; Dendrogeomorphology; Frequency; Snow avalanche; Swiss Alps

Indexed keywords

DEBRIS FLOWS; DENDROGEOMORPHOLOGY; SNOW AVALANCHES; TRAUMATIC RESIN DUCTS (TRDS); TREE RING;

AVALANCHES (SNOWSLIDES); DEBRIS; FORESTRY; GEOMORPHOLOGY;

GEOCHRONOLOGY;

AVALANCHES (SNOWSLIDES); DEBRIS; FORESTRY; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GEOMORPHOLOGY;

AVALANCHE; DEBRIS FLOW; DENDROCHRONOLOGY; SNOW; TREE RING;

ANATOMY; DAMAGE; GEOLOGY; LARIX DECIDUA; PICEA ABIES; SNOW; TIME MEASUREMENT;

ALPS; CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; SWITZERLAND;

LARIX DECIDUA; PICEA ABIES;

EID: 33749493580     PISSN: 01979337     EISSN: 10969837     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/esp.1363     Document Type: Article

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