Dating Torrential Processes on Fans and Cones Methods and Their Application for Hazard and Risk Assessment

Dating Torrential Processes on Fans and Cones Methods and Their Application for Hazard and Risk Assessment / edited by Michelle Schneuwly-Bollschweiler, Markus Stoffel, Florian Rudolf-Miklau.

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 know...

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Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Schneuwly-Bollschweiler, Michelle (Editor), Stoffel, Markus (Editor), Rudolf-Miklau, Florian (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
Edition:1st ed. 2013.
Series:Advances in Global Change Research, 47
Springer eBook Collection.
Subjects:
Environment.
Natural disasters.
Geomorphology.
Environmental sciences.
Physical geography.
Civil engineering.
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Table of Contents:
  • 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.

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