Dendrogeomorphic reconstruction of flash floods in the Patagonian Andes

Geomorphology

Volumn 228, Issue , 2015, Pages 116-123

  Casteller, Alejandro ^a,b   Stoffel, Markus ^c,d   Crespo, Sebastián ^a   Villalba, Ricardo ^a   Corona, Christophe ^c   Bianchi, Emilio ^e  

^a INSTITUTO ARGENTINO DE NIVOLOGÍA   (Argentina)

^b WSL INSTITUTE FOR SNOW AND AVALANCHE RESEARCH SLF   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^e Inst Nac de Tecnol Agropecuaria   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Austrocedrus chilensis; Dendrogeomorphology; Flash floods; Nothofagus dombeyi; Patagonian Andes; Pseudotsuga menziesii

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; CONIFEROUS TREE; DENDROCHRONOLOGY; EVERGREEN TREE; FLASH FLOOD; GEOMORPHOLOGY; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RECONSTRUCTION;

ANDES; ARGENTINA; NEUQUEN; PATAGONIA;

AUSTROCEDRUS CHILENSIS; NOTHOFAGUS DOMBEYI; PSEUDOTSUGA MENZIESII;

EID: 84907647121     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2014.08.022     Document Type: Article

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