Evidence for repeated re-activation of old landslides under forest

Earth Surface Processes and Landforms

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 352-365

  Van Den Eeckhaut, Miet ^a,b   Muys, B ^a   Van Loy, K ^c   Poesen, J ^a   Beeckman, H ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b RESEARCH FOUNDATION FLANDERS FWO   (Belgium)

^c Blood Bank of East Flanders   (Belgium)

^d ROYAL MUSEUM FOR CENTRAL AFRICA   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Dendrogeomorphology; Fagus sylvatica; Flemish Ardennes (Belgium); Historical landslide catalogue; Old forested landslides

Indexed keywords

DENDROGEOMORPHOLOGY; FAGUS SYLVATICA; FLEMISH ARDENNES (BELGIUM); HISTORICAL LANDSLIDE CATALOGUE; OLD FORESTED LANDSLIDES;

CLIMATOLOGY; ONLINE SEARCHING;

LANDSLIDES;

DENDROCHRONOLOGY; FOREST SOIL; GEOMORPHOLOGY; HILLSLOPE; LANDSLIDE; PARAMETERIZATION; RAINFALL; TREE RING;

ARDENNES [WESTERN EUROPE]; EURASIA; EUROPE; WESTERN EUROPE;

FAGUS; FAGUS SYLVATICA;

EID: 66149137289     PISSN: 01979337     EISSN: 10969837     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/esp.1727     Document Type: Article

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