Dating Torrential Processes on Fans and Cones : Methods and Their Application for Hazard and Risk Assessment /
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| Formato: | eBook |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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Dordrecht :
Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer,
2013.
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| Edición: | 1st ed. 2013. |
| Colección: | Advances in Global Change Research,
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Tabla de Contenidos:
- 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.