Tree-ring based assessment of rockfall frequency on talus slopes at Solà d'Andorra, Eastern Pyrenees

Geomorphology

Volumn 118, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 393-408

  Moya, J ^a   Corominas, J ^a   Perez Arcas J ^b   Baeza, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Andorra; Dendrogeomorphology; Frequency; Pyrenees; Rockfall

Indexed keywords

DENDROCHRONOLOGY; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; GEOMORPHOLOGY; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; ROCKFALL; SLOPE FAILURE; SLOPE STABILITY; TALUS; TREE RING;

ANDORRA; PYRENEES;

EID: 77952887439     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2010.02.007     Document Type: Article

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