Landslides as a geomorphological proxy for climate change: A record from the Dolomites (northern Italy)

Geomorphology

Volumn 120, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 56-64

  Borgatti, Lisa ^a   Soldati, Mauro ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Climate changes; Dolomites; Holocene; Italy; Landslide events

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; DATA SET; GEOMORPHOLOGY; HILLSLOPE; HOLOCENE; LANDSLIDE; LATE GLACIAL; PALEOCLIMATE; SLOPE STABILITY; YOUNGER DRYAS;

ALPS; DOLOMITES; EASTERN ALPS; ITALY;

EID: 77953231561     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2009.09.015     Document Type: Article

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