The EuroDendro project - Snow-avalanche frequency and magnitude in European Middle Mountain unravelled by dendrogeomorphological analyses

• Main Authors: Decaulne, Armelle, Eggertsson, Ó., Sæmundsson, Þ., LAUTE, K., Beylich, A.A., POP, Olympiu, Defive, Emmanuelle, Larrue, Sébastien
• Other Authors: Littoral, Environnement, Télédétection, Géomatique (LETG - Nantes), Institut de Géographie et d'Aménagement Régional de l'Université de Nantes (IGARUN), Université de Nantes (UN)-Université de Nantes (UN)-Université de Rennes 2 (UR2), Université de Rennes (UNIV-RENNES)-Université de Rennes (UNIV-RENNES)-Université de Brest (UBO)-Université de Caen Normandie (UNICAEN), Normandie Université (NU)-Normandie Université (NU)-École pratique des hautes études (EPHE), Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Groupe d'Etudes des Matériaux Hétérogènes (GEMH), Université de Limoges (UNILIM)-Institut des Procédés Appliqués aux Matériaux (IPAM), Université de Limoges (UNILIM)-Université de Limoges (UNILIM), Laboratoire de Géographie Physique et Environnementale (GEOLAB), Université Blaise Pascal - Clermont-Ferrand 2 (UBP)-Université Clermont Auvergne 2017-2020 (UCA 2017-2020 )-Université Clermont Auvergne (UCA)-Institut Sciences de l'Homme et de la Société (IR SHS UNILIM), Université de Limoges (UNILIM)-Université de Limoges (UNILIM)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
• Format: Conference Object
• Language: English
• Published: HAL CCSD 2010
• Subjects: dendrogeomorphology; snow-avalanches; dendrogéomorphologie; avalanches; [SDE.MCG]Environmental Sciences/Global Changes; [SDU.STU.GM]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Earth Sciences/Geomorphology; [SDV.EE.BIO]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Ecology; environment/Bioclimatology; [SHS.ENVIR]Humanities and Social Sciences/Environmental studies; Middle Mountain; Norway; Rovaniemi; Iceland
• Online Access: https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-01131031

International audience The EuroDendro project (2009-2010) associates French, Icelandic, Norwegian and Romanian researchers to analysethe recurrence of geomorphic dynamics occurring on slopes with a dendrogeomorphological approach. Studysites are located in France (Auvergne), Iceland (Northwestern and Northern Iceland), Norway (Nordfjord) and Romania(South Carpaths Mountains), enabling to investigate various European middle mountain environments anddifferent tree species impacted by similar processes. The aim of the study is to highlight the various responses ofconifers and broad-leaved trees subjected to recurrent snow avalanches in similar cold environments. In a longerperspective, the EuroDendro project aims to analyse natural hazard for local populations in areas with a lack of historicalrecords. The study sites are voluntarily selected outside the Alpine area to represent zones that are scarcelypresent in the international literature, whereas such territories offer great potentialities in a global change context.