Exploring debris-flow history and process dynamics using an integrative approach on a dolomitic cone in western Austria

Earth Surface Processes and Landforms

Volumn 37, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 913-922

  Procter, Emily ^a   Stoffel, Markus ^a,b   Schneuwly Bollschweiler, Michelle ^a,b   Neumann, Mathias ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

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

Author keywords

Austrian Alps; Debris flow; Dendrogeomorphology; Orthophoto; Tree rings

Indexed keywords

AUSTRIAN ALPS; DEBRIS FLOWS; DENDROGEOMORPHOLOGY; ORTHOPHOTO; TREE RINGS;

CATCHMENTS; DEBRIS; DYNAMICS; RUNOFF;

FORESTRY;

DEBRIS FLOW; DOLOMITE; FOREST COVER; ORTHOPHOTO; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; TREE RING;

FORESTRY; RINGS; RUNOFF; TREES;

ALPS; AUSTRALIA; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

PINUS MUGO;

EID: 84863301760     PISSN: 01979337     EISSN: 10969837     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/esp.3207     Document Type: Article

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