Tree Rings and Natural Hazards: An Introduction

Advances in Global Change Research

Volumn 41, Issue , 2010, Pages 3-23

  Stoffel, Markus ^a   Bollschweiler, Michelle ^b   Butler, David R ^c   Luckman, Brian H ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^c TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Compression Wood; Debris Flow; Natural Hazard; Tree Ring; Tropical Cyclone

Indexed keywords

EID: 84989912734     PISSN: 15740919     EISSN: 22151621     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-90-481-8736-2_1     Document Type: Chapter

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