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Research article
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28 Feb 2017
Research article |
| 28 Feb 2017
Quantifying the effect of forests on frequency and intensity of rockfalls
Bern University of Applied Sciences, School of Agricultural, Forest
and Food Science HAFL, Länggasse 85, 3052 Zollikofen, Switzerland
Institute of Geological Sciences, University of Bern,
Baltzerstrasse 1+3, 3012, Bern, Switzerland
Luuk Dorren
Bern University of Applied Sciences, School of Agricultural, Forest
and Food Science HAFL, Länggasse 85, 3052 Zollikofen, Switzerland
Markus Stoffel
Climatic Change and Climate Impacts, Institute for Environmental
Science, University of Geneva, 66 Bvd Carl Vogt, 1205 Geneva, Switzerland
Department of Earth Sciences, University of Geneva, rue des
Maraîchers 13, 1205 Geneva, Switzerland
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The goal of this study was to quantify the effect of forests on the occurrence frequency and intensity of rockfalls. This was done based on 3-D rockfall simulations for different forest and non-forest scenarios on a virtual slope. The rockfall frequency and intensity below forested slopes is significantly reduced. Statistical models provide information on how specific forest and terrain parameters influence this reduction and they allow prediction and quantification of the forest effect.
The goal of this study was to quantify the effect of forests on the occurrence frequency and...
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