Tree Rings as Paleoflood and Paleostage Indicators: A state-of-the-art

S. St. George

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Tree Rings as Paleoflood and Paleostage Indicators: A state-of-the-art

S. St. George

Geography, Environment and Society

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Each year, floods cause enormous damage to property and kill thousands of people around the world. During the 1990s alone, freshwater flooding affected more than 1.4 billion people and caused about 100,000 deaths (Jonkman 2005). Worldwide, insured losses due to floods topped US$2 billion in 2008 (SwissRe 2009), making them the second-most expensive type of natural catastrophe (exceeded only by damages caused by tropical storms). In addition to the threats they pose to human communities, major floods are also important geological and biogeochemical agents that influence rates of erosion and sediment transport (Molnar 2001), redistribute organic matter and nutrients to downstream reaches (Velasco et al. 2006) and homogenize ecological processes and biological communities within floodplain systems (Thomaz et al. 2007).

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	Tree-ring reconstructions in natural hazards research
Subtitle of host publication	A state-of-the-art
Editors	M. Stoffel, M. Bollschweiler, D. R. Butler, B. H. Luckman
Publisher	Springer International Publishing
Pages	233-239
Number of pages	7
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-8736-2_22
State	Published - Jan 1 2010

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Name	Advances in Global Change Research
Volume	41
ISSN (Print)	1574-0919
ISSN (Electronic)	2215-1621

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Compression Wood
Earlywood Vessel
Flood Risk
Resin Canal
Tree Ring

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St. George, S. (2010). Tree Rings as Paleoflood and Paleostage Indicators: A state-of-the-art. In M. Stoffel, M. Bollschweiler, D. R. Butler, & B. H. Luckman (Eds.), Tree-ring reconstructions in natural hazards research: A state-of-the-art (pp. 233-239). (Advances in Global Change Research; Vol. 41). Springer International Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-8736-2_22

Tree Rings as Paleoflood and Paleostage Indicators: A state-of-the-art. / St. George, S.
Tree-ring reconstructions in natural hazards research: A state-of-the-art. ed. / M. Stoffel; M. Bollschweiler; D. R. Butler; B. H. Luckman. Springer International Publishing, 2010. p. 233-239 (Advances in Global Change Research; Vol. 41).

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