Tree-Ring Based Reconstruction of Past Snow Avalanche Events and Risk Assessment in Northern Gaspé Peninsula (Québec, Canada)

Advances in Global Change Research

Volumn 41, Issue , 2010, Pages 51-73

  Germain, Daniel ^a   Hétu, Bernard ^b   Filion, Louise ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À RIMOUSKI   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Avalanche Event; Reaction Wood; Return Interval; Snow Avalanche; Subalpine Belt

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864314657     PISSN: 15740919     EISSN: 22151621     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-90-481-8736-2_5     Document Type: Chapter

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