A new methodological protocol for the use of dendrogeomorphological data in flood risk analysis

Hydrology Research

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 234-247

  Diez Herrero A ^a   Ballesteros Canovas J A ^a   Bodoque, J M ^b   Ruiz Villanueva, V ^a  

^a INSTITUTO GEOLÓGICO Y MINERO DE ESPAÑA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CASTILLA LA MANCHA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Dendrogeomorphology; Flood hazard; Natural risk; Palaeoflood; Roughness; Tree rings

Indexed keywords

DENDROGEOMORPHOLOGY; FLOOD HAZARDS; NATURAL RISKS; PALAEOFLOOD; TREE RINGS;

FORESTRY; FREQUENCY ESTIMATION; HYDRAULIC MODELS; SURFACE ROUGHNESS;

FLOODS;

CALIBRATION; FLOODING; FLUVIAL GEOMORPHOLOGY; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PALEOHYDROLOGY; PEAK FLOW; RECONSTRUCTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; TREE RING;

FLOODS; GEOLOGY; HAZARDS; RISK ASSESSMENT; ROUGHNESS;

EID: 84879113012     PISSN: 00291277     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/nh.2012.154     Document Type: Article

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