Dendrogeomorphology as a tool to unravel snow-avalanche activity: Preliminary results from the Fnjóskadalur test site, Northern Iceland

Norsk Geografisk Tidsskrift

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 55-65

  Decaulne, Armelle ^a   Sæmundsson, Porsteinn ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Dendrochronology; Dendromorphology; Iceland; Snow avalanches

Indexed keywords

AVALANCHE; DENDROCHRONOLOGY; GEOMORPHOLOGY; GROWTH RATE; LABORATORY METHOD; SNOW; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; TREE RING;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ICELAND; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA;

BETULA PUBESCENS;

EID: 46749142155     PISSN: 00291951     EISSN: 15025292     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00291950802094742     Document Type: Conference Paper

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