Can tree tilting be used for paleoflood discharge estimations?

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 529, Issue P2, 2015, Pages 480-489

  Ballesteros Canovas J A ^a,b   Marquez Penaranda J F ^c   Sanchez Silva M ^c   Diez Herrero A ^d   Ruiz Villanueva, V ^a   Bodoque, J M ^e   Eguibar, M A ^f   Stoffel, M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE LOS ANDES   (Colombia)

^d INSTITUTO GEOLÓGICO Y MINERO DE ESPAÑA   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CASTILLA LA MANCHA   (Spain)

^f UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE VALÈNCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Flood; Paleohydrology; Peak discharge; Tilted trees; Tree rings

Indexed keywords

FLOODS; HYDROLOGY; PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); REPAIR; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STIFFNESS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

COEFFICIENT OF CORRELATION; MECHANICAL STRUCTURES; PALEO-HYDROLOGY; PEAK DISCHARGE; RELIABILITY OF RESULTS; SOURCES OF UNCERTAINTY; TILTED TREES; TREE RINGS;

FORESTRY;

GAUGE; GERMINATION; PALEOFLOOD; PALEOHYDROLOGY; PEAK DISCHARGE; RIVER BASIN; STIFFNESS; TREE RING;

CORRELATION; FLOODS; GERMINATION; HYDROLOGY; TREES;

SPAIN;

EID: 84940905013     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2014.10.026     Document Type: Article

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