Dating of snow avalanches by means of wound-induced vessel anomalies in sub-arctic Betula pubescens

Boreas

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 568-574

  Arbellay, Estelle ^a,b   Stoffel, Markus ^a,b   Decaulne, Armelle ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^c Laboratoire de geographie physique et environnementale Clermont Ferrand   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATING METHOD; GEOMORPHOLOGY; MASS MOVEMENT; PROXY CLIMATE RECORD; RECONSTRUCTION; SAMPLING; SNOW AVALANCHE; TREE RING;

ICELAND; NORWAY;

BETULA; BETULA PUBESCENS; BOREAS;

EID: 84879553300     PISSN: 03009483     EISSN: 15023885     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1502-3885.2012.00302.x     Document Type: Article

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