Dendrochronological methods for reconstructing mass movements -an example of landslide activity analysis using tree-ring eccentricity

Geochronometria

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 180-196

  Malik, Ireneusz ^a   Wistuba, Malgorzata ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SILESIA   (Poland)

Author keywords

Dendrochronology; Eccentricity of tree rings; Landslide; Mass movement; Sudetes

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863921815     PISSN: 17338387     EISSN: 18971695     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/s13386-012-0005-5     Document Type: Article

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