Possibilities and limitations of dendrogeomorphic time-series reconstructions on sites influenced by debris flows and frequent snow avalanche activity

Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 649-658

  Kogelnig Mayer, Barbara ^a   Stoffel, Markus ^b   Schneuwly Bollschweiler, Michelle ^c   Hübl, Johannes ^a   Rudolf Miklau, Florian ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^d Institute for Organic Agriculture and Biodiversity   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONIFEROUS TREE; DEBRIS FLOW; DENDROCHRONOLOGY; PALEOECOLOGY; RASTER; RECONSTRUCTION; RESIN; SNOW AVALANCHE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TIME SERIES; TREE RING;

AUSTRIA; TYROL;

PICEA ABIES;

EID: 84555205677     PISSN: 15230430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1657/1938-4246-43.4.649     Document Type: Article

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