Frequency and spread of debris floods on fans: A dendrogeomorphic case study from a dolomite catchment in the Austrian Alps

Geomorphology

Volumn 118, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 199-206

  Mayer, Barbara ^a   Stoffel, Markus ^b,c   Bollschweiler, Michelle ^b,c   Hübl, Johannes ^a   Rudolf Miklau, Florian ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^d Institute for Organic Agriculture and Biodiversity   (Austria)

Author keywords

Austrian Alps; Debris flood; Dendrogeomorphology; Hazard assessment; Tree ring analysis

Indexed keywords

ALLUVIAL FAN; AVULSION; CATCHMENT; DEBRIS FLOW; DENDROCHRONOLOGY; DOLOMITE; FLOOD; GEOMORPHOLOGY; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; TREE RING;

ALPS; AUSTRIA; EASTERN ALPS; TYROL;

LARIX DECIDUA; PICEA ABIES;

EID: 77951939008     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2009.12.019     Document Type: Article

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