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1 online resource : color illustrations |
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Advances in global change research, 1574-0919 ; v. 47 |
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Advances in global change research ; v. 47.
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| Contents |
Part 1. Material transport and fan or cone formation -- Processes of Sediment Supply to Alluvial Fans and Debris Cones / Adrian Harvey -- Susceptibility and Triggers for Debris Flows: Emergence, Loading, Release and Entrainment / Roland Kaitna, Michelle Schneuwly-Bollschweiler, Thomas Sausgruber, Markus Moser and Markus Stoffel, et al. -- Sediment Transport Processes / Helmut Habersack and Andrea Kreisler -- Debris-Flow Runout and Deposition on the Fan / Dieter Rickenmann and Christian Scheidl -- Events on Fans and Cones: Recurrence Interval and Magnitude / Matthias Jakob -- Dating Past Events on Fans and Cones -- An Introduction / Markus Stoffel, Michelle Schneuwly-Bollschweiler and Florian Rudolf-Miklau |
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Part 2. Dating past events -- Silent Witnesses for Torrential Processes / Roland Kaitna and Johannes Huebl -- Assessment of Past Torrential Events Through Historical Sources / Vincenzo D'Agostino -- The Use of Airborne Laser Swath Mapping on Fans and Cones: An Example from the Colorado Front Range / Dennis M. Staley and Thad A. Wasklewicz -- Dendrogeomorphology -- Tracking Past Events with Tree Rings / Michelle Schneuwly-Bollschweiler and Markus Stoffel -- Tree-Ring Based Record of Debris-Flow Dynamics and Triggering Rain Storms at Ritigraben (Swiss Alps) since AD 1570 / Markus Stoffel -- Vegetation Analysis on Composite Debris Cones / Carlo Baroni, Rodolfo Gentili and Stefano Armiraglio -- Using Age of Colonizing Douglas-Fir for the Dating of Young Geomorphic Surfaces--A Case Study / Thomas C. Pierson -- Lichenometric Dating of Debris Avalanche Deposits with an Example from the French Alps / Vincent Jomelli -- Lake Sediments as Archives of Recurrence Rates and Intensities of Past Flood Events / Adrian Gilli, Flavio S. Anselmetti, Lukas Glur and Stefanie B. Wirth -- Dating Fan Deposits with Cosmogenic Nuclides / Susan Ivy-Ochs, Miriam Dühnforth, Alexander L. Densmore and Vasily Alfimov -- Radiocarbon Dating: Alluvial Fan/Debris Cone Evolution and Hazards / Richard Chiverrell and Matthias Jakob -- Luminescence Dating of Alluvial Fans and Cones / Andreas Lang -- Timing the Interface Between Mass Wasting and Fluvial Processes with OSL / Fritz Schlunegger, Kevin Norton and Damian Steffen |
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Part 3. Documentation and monitoring -- Debris-Flow Monitoring in Italy / Lorenzo Marchi and Pia Rosella Tecca -- Documentation of Torrential Events / Hans Kienholz, Johannes Hübl and Anton Loipersberger -- Rainfall Thresholds for Possible Occurrence of Shallow Landslides and Debris Flows in Italy / Maria Teresa Brunetti, Fabio Luino, Carmela Vennari, Silvia Peruccacci and Marcella Biddoccu, et al |
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Part 4. Application of event dating in practice -- Hazard Assessment / Markus Zimmermann -- Dealing with Natural Hazard Risks in Switzerland -- The Influence of Hazard Mapping on Risk-Based Decision Making / Michael Bründl -- Hazard Mapping and Land-Use Planning -- A Swiss Perspective / Thomas Egli and Maja Stucki -- Design Criteria for Torrential Barriers / Florian Rudolf-Miklau and Jürgen Suda -- Forecasting, Early Warning and Event Management: Non-structural Protection Measures for Flash Floods and Debris Flows / Marco Borga -- Climate Research and Adaptation Strategies -- Examples from the European Alps / Gernot R. Koboltschnig -- Dating Methods Overview: Checklist for Practitioners / Michelle Schneuwly-Bollschweiler, Markus Stoffel and Florian Rudolf-Miklau -- Summary and Outlook / Michelle Schneuwly-Bollschweiler, Markus Stoffel and Florian Rudolf-Miklau |
| Summary |
Water-related processes such as floods, debris floods, flash floods, and debris flows represent major geomorphic hazards in mountain areas of the world. Recent decades have seen human pressures on these regions increase, aggravating conflicts between natural hazards and infrastructure. Detailed knowledge on frequency and magnitude of past flood or debris-flow events on alluvial fans and cones remains scarce, although it is widely accepted that such knowledge is of crucial importance for the assessment of hazards, mitigation of risks, and land-use planning. Archival records on the occurrence of past events are often fragmentary or even completely missing. Modern methods of historical dating of past debris-flow and flood events such as dendrochronology, radiocarbon dating, lichenometry and many more can provide valuable insights into past process activity and thus add key detail to the historical record. This book provides a detailed overview on methods used for the dating of past torrential activity on fans and cones and fosters the discussion on the impact of past and potential future climate change on torrential processes. The book has a clear focus on the practical applications of these methods, complemented by case studies. The limits of each dating method in case of excessive natural and human interventions on fans and cones are shown |
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Environmental sciences |
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Geology |
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Physical geography |
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Civil engineering |
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Environment |
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Natural Hazards |
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Geomorphology |
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Environmental Science and Engineering |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Subject |
Hazard mitigation.
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Flood damage.
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Alluvial fans.
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SCIENCE -- Earth Sciences -- Geography.
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SCIENCE -- Earth Sciences -- Geology.
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Sciences de la terre.
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Environnement.
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Alluvial fans
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Flood damage
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Hazard mitigation
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Schneuwly-Bollschweiler, Michelle
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Stoffel, Markus.
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Rudolf-Miklau, Florian.
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| ISBN |
9789400743366 |
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940074336X |
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