Defining optimal sample size, sampling design and thresholds for dendrogeomorphic landslide reconstructions

Quaternary Geochronology

Volumn 22, Issue , 2014, Pages 72-84

  Corona, Christophe ^a,b   Lopez Saez, Jérôme ^c   Stoffel, Markus ^b,d  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^c Cemagref   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Dendrogeomorphology; Mass movement; Sample size; Sampling design; Spatial analysis; Tree ring

Indexed keywords

DENDROCHRONOLOGY; GEOMORPHOLOGY; LANDSLIDE; MASS MOVEMENT; OPTIMIZATION; RECONSTRUCTION; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; TREE RING;

EID: 84897975382     PISSN: 18711014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quageo.2014.02.006     Document Type: Article

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