High resolution, quantitative reconstruction of erosion rates based on anatomical changes in exposed roots at Draix, Alpes de Haute-Provence - critical review of existing approaches and independent quality control of results

Geomorphology

Volumn 125, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 433-444

  Corona, Christophe ^a   Lopez Saez, Jérôme ^a   Rovéra, Georges ^b   Stoffel, Markus ^c,d   Astrade, Laurent ^e   Berger, Frédéric ^a  

^a Cemagref   (France)

^b UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^e UNIVERSITÉ DE SAVOIE   (France)

Author keywords

Badlands; Black marls; Dendrogeomorphology; Earlywood tracheids; Erosion rates; Exposed roots; Pinus sylvestris L.

Indexed keywords

BADLANDS; DENDROCHRONOLOGY; DENUDATION; EROSION RATE; GEOMORPHOLOGY; ROOT; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTATION; SOIL EROSION;

ALPES DE HAUTE PROVENCE; FRANCE; PROVENCE-ALPES-COTE D'AZUR;

PINUS SYLVESTRIS;

EID: 78649689597     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2010.10.030     Document Type: Article

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