Dating and quantification of erosion processes based on exposed roots

Earth-Science Reviews

Volumn 123, Issue , 2013, Pages 18-34

  Stoffel, Markus ^a,b   Corona, Christophe ^a   Ballesteros Cánovas, Juan Antonio ^c   Bodoque, José Maria ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^c INSTITUTO GEOLÓGICO Y MINERO DE ESPAÑA   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CASTILLA LA MANCHA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Dendrochronology; Dendrogeomorphology; Erosion rates; Exposed roots; Target areas; Wood anatomy

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; BIOMARKER; DENDROCHRONOLOGY; EROSION RATE; GEOMORPHOLOGY; LAND DEGRADATION; LAND MANAGEMENT; ROOT; SOIL EROSION; WOOD;

EID: 84877882073     PISSN: 00128252     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.earscirev.2013.04.002     Document Type: Review

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