Reconstructing spatio-temporal patterns of debris-flow activity using dendrogeomorphological methods

Geomorphology

Volumn 87, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 337-351

  Bollschweiler, Michelle ^a   Stoffel, Markus ^a   Ehmisch, Melanie ^b   Monbaron, Michel ^a  

^a Department of Geosciences   (Switzerland)

^b GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Abandoned channels; Debris flows; Dendrogeomorphology; Geomorphic mapping; Spatial patterns; Tree ring

Indexed keywords

DEBRIS FLOW; DISTURBANCE; FOREST; GROWTH RESPONSE; RECONSTRUCTION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TREE RING;

ALPS; CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; SWITZERLAND; VALAIS;

LARIX DECIDUA; PICEA ABIES;

EID: 33847697500     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2006.10.002     Document Type: Article

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