Rolling stones and tree rings: A state of research on dendrogeomorphic reconstructions of rockfall

Progress in Physical Geography

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 701-716

  Trappmann, Daniel ^a   Corona, Christophe ^b   Stoffel, Markus ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

chronology; dendrogeomorphology; frequency; hazard assessment; mass movement; rockfall; simulation; tree ring

Indexed keywords

DENDROCHRONOLOGY; GEOMORPHOLOGY; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; MASS MOVEMENT; ROCKFALL; SIMULATION; TREE RING;

CONIFEROPHYTA;

EID: 84884469877     PISSN: 03091333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0309133313506451     Document Type: Article

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