Tree roots - Methodological review and new development in dating and quantifying erosive processes

Geomorphology

Volumn 86, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 243-251

  Gärtner, Holger ^a  

^a SWISS FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE WSL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Dendrogeomorphology; Erosion rates; Root exposure; Wood anatomy

Indexed keywords

DATING METHOD; DENDROCHRONOLOGY; EROSION RATE; EROSIVITY; GEOMORPHOLOGY; SOIL EROSION; TREE RING;

EID: 34047271306     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2006.09.001     Document Type: Article

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