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Dating Torrential Processes on Fans and Cones

Methods and Their Application for Hazard and Risk Assessment

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Editors:
  1. Michelle Schneuwly-Bollschweiler

    1. University of Berne, Laboratory of Dendrogeomorphology, Institute of Geological Sciences, Berne, Switzerland

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  2. Markus Stoffel

    1. University of Berne, Laboratory of Dendrogeomorphology, Institute of Geological Sciences, Berne, Switzerland

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  3. Florian Rudolf-Miklau

    1. Forestry Environment &Water Management, IV/5 – Torrent & Avalanche Control, Federal Ministry for Agriculture,, Vienna, Austria

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  • A comprehensive overview of dating methods for flows and floods on fans and cones
  • Provides a detailed practical checklist for field analysis
  • Includes assessment of the benefits, limitations and costs of various methods
  • Illustrates the importance of historical data on past events for hazards and risk assessment

Part of the book series: Advances in Global Change Research (AGLO, volume 47)

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Table of contents (30 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxxii
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  2. Dating Past Events on Fans and Cones – An Introduction

    • Markus Stoffel, Michelle Schneuwly-Bollschweiler, Florian Rudolf-Miklau
    Pages 1-11

  3. Material Transport and Fan or Cone Formation

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 13-13
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  4. Material transport and fan or cone formation

    1. Processes of Sediment Supply to Alluvial Fans and Debris Cones

      • Adrian Harvey
      Pages 15-32

    2. Susceptibility and Triggers for Debris Flows: Emergence, Loading, Release and Entrainment

      • Roland Kaitna, Michelle Schneuwly-Bollschweiler, Thomas Sausgruber, Markus Moser, Markus Stoffel, Florian Rudolf-Miklau
      Pages 33-49

    3. Sediment Transport Processes

      • Helmut Habersack, Andrea Kreisler
      Pages 51-73

    4. Debris-Flow Runout and Deposition on the Fan

      • Dieter Rickenmann, Christian Scheidl
      Pages 75-93

    5. Events on Fans and Cones: Recurrence Interval and Magnitude

      • Matthias Jakob
      Pages 95-108

  5. Dating Past Events

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 109-109
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  6. Dating past events

    1. Silent Witnesses for Torrential Processes

      • Roland Kaitna, Johannes Huebl
      Pages 111-130

    2. Assessment of Past Torrential Events Through Historical Sources

      • Vincenzo D’Agostino
      Pages 131-146

    3. The Use of Airborne Laser Swath Mapping on Fans and Cones: An Example from the Colorado Front Range

      • Dennis M. Staley, Thad A. Wasklewicz
      Pages 147-164

    4. Dendrogeomorphology – Tracking Past Events with Tree Rings

      • Michelle Schneuwly-Bollschweiler, Markus Stoffel
      Pages 165-178

    5. Tree-Ring Based Record of Debris-Flow Dynamics and Triggering Rain Storms at Ritigraben (Swiss Alps) since AD 1570

      • Markus Stoffel
      Pages 179-185

    6. Vegetation Analysis on Composite Debris Cones

      • Carlo Baroni, Rodolfo Gentili, Stefano Armiraglio
      Pages 187-201

    7. Using Age of Colonizing Douglas-Fir for the Dating of Young Geomorphic Surfaces—A Case Study

      • Thomas C. Pierson
      Pages 203-210

    8. Lichenometric Dating of Debris Avalanche Deposits with an Example from the French Alps

      • Vincent Jomelli
      Pages 211-224

    9. Lake Sediments as Archives of Recurrence Rates and Intensities of Past Flood Events

      • Adrian Gilli, Flavio S. Anselmetti, Lukas Glur, Stefanie B. Wirth
      Pages 225-242

    10. Dating Fan Deposits with Cosmogenic Nuclides

      • Susan Ivy-Ochs, Miriam Dühnforth, Alexander L. Densmore, Vasily Alfimov
      Pages 243-263

    11. Radiocarbon Dating: Alluvial Fan/Debris Cone Evolution and Hazards

      • Richard Chiverrell, Matthias Jakob
      Pages 265-282
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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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“The book contributes to fill the gap between scientists and engineers and planers by providing a detailed overview on methods for the dating of historical events and by fostering the discussion on the impact of past and potential future climatic changes on torrential processes. … an excellent book, which will help researchers, as well as engineers and planers to understand the complex processes of torrents in the Alpine realm. This publication will be a useful guide in the daily challenges of hazard and risk assessment.” (Thomas Hofmann, Jahrbuch der Geologischen Bundesanstalt, Vol. 152 (1-4), December, 2012)

Editors and Affiliations

  • University of Berne, Laboratory of Dendrogeomorphology, Institute of Geological Sciences, Berne, Switzerland

    Michelle Schneuwly-Bollschweiler, Markus Stoffel

  • Forestry Environment &Water Management, IV/5 – Torrent & Avalanche Control, Federal Ministry for Agriculture,, Vienna, Austria

    Florian Rudolf-Miklau

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