Regional reconstruction of flash flood history in the Guadarrama range (Central System, Spain)

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 550, Issue , 2016, Pages 406-417

  Rodriguez Morata, C ^a,b   Ballesteros Canovas J A ^a,b   Trappmann, D ^b   Beniston, M ^a   Stoffel, M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Dendrogeomorphology; Flash flood; Guadarrama Mountains; Managed forest; Regional analysis; Tree rings

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; FLOODS; LAND USE; LANDFORMS; REGIONAL PLANNING; RUNOFF; SEARCH ENGINES;

DENDROGEOMORPHOLOGY; FLASH FLOOD; GUADARRAMA MOUNTAINS; MANAGED FOREST; REGIONAL ANALYSIS; TREE RINGS;

FORESTRY;

RAIN;

DENDROCHRONOLOGY; FLASH FLOOD; FOREST MANAGEMENT; MOUNTAIN REGION; RECONSTRUCTION; TREE RING;

ARTICLE; CATCHMENT; CLIMATE; DENDROGEOMORPHOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETERS; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; FLOODING; FOREST MANAGEMENT; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GEOMORPHOLOGY; HYDROLOGY; METEOROLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCOTS PINE; SPAIN;

SIERRA DE GUADARRAMA; SISTEMA CENTRAL; SPAIN;

PINUS SYLVESTRIS;

EID: 84956624684     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2016.01.074     Document Type: Article

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