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Reconstruction of spatio-temporal patterns of debris-flow activity in Val Brüna (Swiss National Park)
Rekonstruktion der räumlich-zeitlichen Murgangaktivität im Val Brüna (Schweizer Nationalpark)
Project Number: CH-4472
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Keywords:
Dendrogeomorphology, Dendrochronology, Natural hazards, Climate change
Abstract:
Debris flows occur as a result of rapid snow melt, heavy summer thunderstorms or extensive autumn rainfalls. The present project aims at analyzing past debris-flow activity on the Val Brüna cone (Swiss National Park) where neither the channel nor the forest have been affected by human interventions, thus providing information on process activity in a debris-flow system under natural (namely climatic) conditions. Analysis will include a mapping of features and deposits related to past debris-flow activity as well as the sampling of trees (increment cores) which have been affected in their growth by past debris flows. We expect to obtain frequency data of past debris flows under natural conditions covering several centuries and documenting the occurrence of this type of mass movements in space and time under very different and changing climatic conditions.
Last update: 5/15/13
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Reconstruction of spatio-temporal patterns of debris-flow activity in Val Brüna (Swiss National Park)
Rekonstruktion der räumlich-zeitlichen Murgangaktivität im Val Brüna (Schweizer Nationalpark)
Project Number: CH-4472
| Project Type: | Diploma |
| Project Duration: | 4/1/11 - 11/30/12 |
| Funding Source: | other , |
| Project Leader: | PD Dr. Markus Stoffel Privatdozent Schützenfahrstrasse 13d 3115 Gerzensee Phone: +41 31 631 87 73 FAX: +41 31 631 48 43 e-Mail: markus.stoffel(at)dendrolab.ch http://www.dendrolab.ch |
Research Areas:
| Hydrosphere (Processes) | |
| Natural science |
Disciplines:
| geomorphology | |
| environmental sciences |
Keywords:
Dendrogeomorphology, Dendrochronology, Natural hazards, Climate change
Abstract:
Debris flows occur as a result of rapid snow melt, heavy summer thunderstorms or extensive autumn rainfalls. The present project aims at analyzing past debris-flow activity on the Val Brüna cone (Swiss National Park) where neither the channel nor the forest have been affected by human interventions, thus providing information on process activity in a debris-flow system under natural (namely climatic) conditions. Analysis will include a mapping of features and deposits related to past debris-flow activity as well as the sampling of trees (increment cores) which have been affected in their growth by past debris flows. We expect to obtain frequency data of past debris flows under natural conditions covering several centuries and documenting the occurrence of this type of mass movements in space and time under very different and changing climatic conditions.
Last update: 5/15/13
Update the data of project: CH-4472
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