Debris flows on forested cones - Reconstruction and comparison of frequencies in two catchments in Val Ferret, Switzerland

Natural Hazards and Earth System Science

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 207-218

  Bollschweiler, M ^a   Stoffel, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FRIBOURG   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENT; COLONIZATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEBRIS FLOW; GROWTH; MASS MOVEMENT; RECONSTRUCTION; TORRENT; TREE RING;

ALPS; CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; SWITZERLAND; VAL FERRET; VALAIS;

LARIX DECIDUA; MUSTELA; PICEA ABIES; PINUS SYLVESTRIS;

EID: 33847722663     PISSN: 15618633     EISSN: 16849981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/nhess-7-207-2007     Document Type: Article

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