Assessment of the Rockfall Frequency for Hazard Analysis at Solà d’Andorra (Eastern Pyrenees)

Advances in Global Change Research

Volumn 41, Issue , 2010, Pages 161-175

  Moya, José ^a   Corominas, Jordi ^a   Arcas, José Pérez ^b  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^b Mekano4   (Spain)

Author keywords

Debris Flow; Forest Density; Slope Movement; Tree Injury; Tree Ring

Indexed keywords

EID: 85020712311     PISSN: 15740919     EISSN: 22151621     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-90-481-8736-2_15     Document Type: Chapter

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