Counting scars on tree stems to assess rockfall hazards: A low effort approach, but how reliable?

Geomorphology

Volumn 180-181, Issue , 2013, Pages 180-186

  Trappmann, Daniel ^a   Stoffel, Markus ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Dendrogeomorphology; Frequency; Rockfall; Scar count; Tree ring

Indexed keywords

DATING METHOD; DENDROCHRONOLOGY; LIMESTONE; MOUNTAIN ENVIRONMENT; RECONSTRUCTION; ROCKFALL; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TREE RING;

INN VALLEY;

FAGUS; FAGUS SYLVATICA; PICEA ABIES;

EID: 84870243306     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2012.10.009     Document Type: Article

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