Tree-age control on reconstructed debris-flow frequencies: Examples from a regional dendrogeomorphic reconstruction in the Crimean Mountains

Earth Surface Processes and Landforms

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 243-251

  Šilhán, Karel ^a   Pánek, Tomáš ^a   Hradecký, Jan ^a   Stoffel, Markus ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSTRAVA   (Czech Republic)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Age effects; Crimean Mountains; Debris flows; Dendrogeomorphology; Growth disturbances

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; DEBRIS; LANDFORMS;

AGE EFFECTS; CRIMEAN MOUNTAINS; DEBRIS FLOW ACTIVITIES; DEBRIS FLOWS; DENDROGEOMORPHOLOGY; GROWTH SUPPRESSIONS; INCREASING TREES; INCREMENT CORE;

FORESTRY;

GEOLOGY; GERMINATION; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; MOUNTAINS; PLANTS;

PINUS NIGRA;

EID: 84921601670     PISSN: 01979337     EISSN: 10969837     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/esp.3623     Document Type: Article

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