Dynamics in debris-flow activity on a forested cone - A case study using different dendroecological approaches

Catena

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 67-78

  Bollschweiler, Michelle ^a   Stoffel, Markus ^a   Schneuwly, Dominique M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FRIBOURG   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Debris flow; Dendrochronology; Dendrogeomorphology; Landform surface dating; Swiss Alps; Tree ring analysis

Indexed keywords

CONIFEROUS TREE; DEBRIS FLOW; DENDROCHRONOLOGY; DENDROECOLOGY; DEPOSITION; GEOMORPHOLOGICAL MAPPING; STABILIZATION; TREE RING;

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

LARIX; LARIX DECIDUA; PICEA ABIES;

EID: 35348970437     PISSN: 03418162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.catena.2007.04.004     Document Type: Article

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