Dendrogeomorphic reconstruction of past debris-flow activity using injured broad-leaved trees

Earth Surface Processes and Landforms

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 399-406

  Arbellay, Estelle ^a,b   Stoffel, Markus ^a,b   Bollschweiler, Michelle ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Broad leaved tree; Debris flow; Dendrogeomorphology; Swiss alps

Indexed keywords

BETULA PENDULA; BETULA PUBESCENS; BROADLEAVED TREES; DEBRIS FLOWS; FLOW ROUTING; HIGH POTENTIAL; INCREMENT CORE; LATERAL SPREAD; POPULUS; POPULUS TREMULA; SAMBUCUS NIGRA; SILVER BIRCH; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SWISS ALPS; TRAVEL DISTANCE; TREE RING RECORDS; TREE-RING ANALYSIS;

FORESTRY; REPAIR; SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

DEBRIS;

BROAD-LEAVED FOREST; CONIFEROUS TREE; DEBRIS FLOW; DENDROCHRONOLOGY; GEOMORPHOLOGY; RECONSTRUCTION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TREE RING;

DISTRIBUTION; FORESTRY; MAINTENANCE; MOUNTAINS; SIZE; TREES;

ILLGRABEN; SWITZERLAND; VALAIS;

ALNUS INCANA; BETULA PENDULA; BETULA PUBESCENS; CONIFEROPHYTA; POPULUS ALBA; POPULUS ALBA X POPULUS TREMULA; POPULUS NIGRA; POPULUS TREMULA; SALIX CAPREA; SAMBUCUS NIGRA;

EID: 77950266038     PISSN: 01979337     EISSN: 10969837     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/esp.1934     Document Type: Article

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