Dating Torrential Processes on Fans and Cones : Methods and Their Application for Hazard and Risk Assessment - Schneuwly-Bollschweiler, Michelle; Stoffel, Markus; Rudolf-Miklau, Florian; SpringerLink (Online service) (Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2013)
1. Dating Past Events on Fans and Cones - An Introduction -- 2. Processes of Sediment Supply to Alluvial Fans and Debris Cones -- 3. Susceptibility and Triggers for Debris Flows: Emergence, Loading, Release and Entrainment -- 4. Sediment Transport Processes -- 5. Debris-Flow Runout and Deposition on the Fan -- 6. Events on Fans and Cones: Recurrence Interval and Magnitude -- 7. Silent Witnesses For Torrential Processes -- 8. Assessment of Past Torrential Events Through Historical Sources -- 9. The Use of Airborne Laser Swath Mapping on Fans And Cones: An Example from the Colorado Front Range -- 10. Dendrogeomorphology - Tracking Past Events with Tree Rings -- 11. Tree-Ring Based Record of Debris-Flow Dynamics and Triggering Rain Storms at Ritigraben (Swiss Alps) Since AD 1570 -- 12. Vegetation Analysis on Composite Debris Cones -- 13. Using Age of Colonizing Douglas-Fir for the Dating of Young Geomorphic Surfaces - A Case Study -- 14. Lichenometric Dating of Debris Avalanche Deposits with an Example from the French Alps -- 15. Lake Sediments as Archives of Recurrence Rates and Intensities of Past Flood Events -- 16. Dating Fan Deposits with Cosmogenic Nuclides -- 17. Radiocarbon Dating: Alluvial Fan / Debris Cone Evolution and Hazards -- 18. Luminescence Dating of Alluvial Fans and Cones -- 19. Timing The Interface Between Mass Wasting and Fluvial Processes with OSL -- 20. Debris-Flow Monitoring in Italy -- 21. Documentation of Torrential Events -- 22. Rainfall Thresholds for Possible Occurrence of Shallow Landslides and Debris Flows in Italy -- 23. Hazard Assessment -- 24. Dealing With Natural Hazard Risks In Switzerland - The Influence Of Hazard Mapping On Risk-Based Decision Making -- 25. Hazard Mapping and Land-Use Planning - A Swiss Perspective -- 26. Design Criteria for Torrential Barriers -- 27. Forecasting, Early Warning and Event Management: Non-Structural Protection Measures for Flash Floods and Debris Flows -- 28. Climate Research and Adaptation Strategies - Examples from the European Alps -- 29. Dating Methods Overview: Checklist for Practitioners -- 30. Summary and Outlook.
Keywords: Environment; Natural disasters; Geomorphology; Environmental sciences; Physical geography; Civil engineering; Environment, general; Natural Hazards; Geomorphology; Environmental Science and Engineering; Physical Geography; Civil Engineering