Spatio-temporal reconstruction of snow avalanche activity using tree rings: Pierres Jean Jeanne avalanche talus, Massif de l'Oisans, France

Catena

Volumn 83, Issue 2-3, 2010, Pages 107-118

  Christophe, Corona ^a   Georges, Rovéra ^b   Jérôme, Lopez Saez ^a   Markus, Stoffel ^c,d   Pascal, Perfettini ^e  

^a Cemagref   (France)

^b Laboratoire PACTE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^e Cemagref   (France)

Author keywords

Dendrogeomorphology; French Alps; Frequency; Growth disturbances; Snow avalanches; Spatial analysis

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; COMPRESSION; GEOMORPHOLOGY; METAMORPHISM; PALEOECOLOGY; PROBABILITY; SNOW AVALANCHE; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TREE RING;

ALPS; FRANCE;

LARIX; LARIX DECIDUA;

EID: 77957307005     PISSN: 03418162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.catena.2010.08.004     Document Type: Article

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