Evaluation of meteorological controls of reconstructed rockfall activity in the Czech Flysch Carpathians

Earth Surface Processes and Landforms

Volumn 36, Issue 14, 2011, Pages 1898-1909

  Šilhán, Karel ^a   Brázdil, Rudolf ^b   Pánek, Tomáš ^a   Dobrovolný, Petr ^b   Kašičková, Lucie ^b   Tolasz, Radim ^c   Turský, Ondřej ^a   Václavek, Marek ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSTRAVA   (Czech Republic)

^b MASARYK UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^c CZECH HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Czech Flysch Carpathians; Dendrogeomorphology; Freeze thaw; Precipitation; Rockfall

Indexed keywords

BEDROCK LANDSLIDES; CARPATHIANS; COMMON FACTORS; DENDROGEOMORPHOLOGY; FREEZE-THAW; FREEZE-THAW CYCLES; INCREMENT CORE; LOW TEMPERATURES; MEAN TEMPERATURE; R-R SERIES; ROCKFALLS; SCREE SLOPES; SPATIAL CONTEXT; SPATIOTEMPORAL CHARACTERISTICS; STUDY SITES; TEMPERATURE TRANSITION; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

LANDSLIDES; THAWING;

ROCK BURSTS;

ACCUMULATION RATE; BEDROCK; CORRELATION; ESCARPMENT; FREEZE-THAW CYCLE; LANDSLIDE; ROCKFALL; SLOPE DYNAMICS;

CARPATHIANS; CZECH REPUBLIC; MORAVSKOSLEZSKY;

EID: 80054887190     PISSN: 01979337     EISSN: 10969837     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/esp.2211     Document Type: Article

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