Tree rings as an early warning against catastrophic landslides: Assessing the potential of dendrochronology for determining slope stability

• Published in: Dendrochronologia (Verona) Vol. 53; pp. 82 - 94
• Main Authors: Wistuba, Małgorzata, Malik, Ireneusz, Badura, Janusz
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier GmbH 01.02.2019
• Subjects: Catastrophic landslides; dendrochronology; Early warning; engineering; growth rings; landslides; Landsliding; Picea abies; Poland; risk; Slope stability; stems; temporal variation; Tree-ring eccentricity; trees; Poland; Catastrophic landslides; Early warning; Slope stability; Tree-ring eccentricity; Landsliding

•activity of landslides is precisely recorded in seasonal rings of trees.•dendrochronology allows detecting slopes with high level of landslide hazard.•increasing slope instability is recorded as increasing level of tree-ring eccentricity.•analysis of eccentricity allows early warning against catast...