State of the Art in Debris-Flow Research: The Role of Dendrochronology

Advances in Global Change Research

Volumn 41, Issue , 2010, Pages 183-192

  Jakob, Matthias ^a  

^a BGC ENGINEERING INC   (Canada)

Author keywords

Debris Flow; Debris Flow Channel; Debris Flow Hazard; Fluid Volume Fraction; Root Cohesion

Indexed keywords

EID: 85051991644     PISSN: 15740919     EISSN: 22151621     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-90-481-8736-2_17     Document Type: Chapter

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