Tree‐age control on reconstructed debris‐flow frequencies: examples from a regional dendrogeomorphic reconstruction in the Crimean Mountains
Journal: Earth Surface Processes and Landforms
Year: 2014

Abstract The Crimean Mountains (Ukraine) are renowned for the highest occurrence of debris flows along the northern coast of the Black Sea, but information on their origin, frequency and triggers is widely lacking. This study reconstructs a regional time series of debris flows in eight catchments located on the slopes above Yalta. Dendrogeomorphic analyses were performed on 1122 increment cores selected from 566 black pines ( Pinus nigra ssp. pallasiana ) with clear signs of external damage indu