Applications in Geomorphology

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Applications in Geomorphology
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Applications in GeomorphologyMass Movements
Mudflow causing trees to fall and lean.
Effects of geomorphic processes on tree growth
Digging out a tree buried by adjacent hillside
erosion, Milledgeville, central Georgia.
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Applications in GeomorphologyMass Movements
Impact Scars can be dated.
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Applications in GeomorphologyMass Movements
Impact Scars can be dated.
Effects of a snow avalanche on a white spruce.
Impact scars from ice flows/jams.
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Applications in GeomorphologyMass Movements
Impact Scars can be dated.
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Applications in GeomorphologyMass Movements
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Applications in GeomorphologyMass Movements
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Applications in GeomorphologyMass Movements
Reaction wood Conifers form compression wood in
response to leaning and flagging. Deciduous trees
form tension wood in response to leaning.
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Applications in GeomorphologyMass Movements
Hardwoods PUSH Conifers PULL
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Applications in Geomorphology Volcanology
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Applications in Geomorphology Volcanology
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Applications in Geomorphology Volcanology
Effects of global-scale cooling caused by a
volcanic eruption in AD 536, as seen in a
Siberian pine from Mongolia. Which is the frost
ring?
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Applications in Geomorphology Volcanology
Effects of global-scale cooling caused by a
volcanic eruption ca. 1627 BC, as seen in a
bristlecone pine. Which is the frost ring?
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Applications in Geomorphology Seismology
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Applications in Geomorphology Seismology
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Applications in Geomorphology Seismology
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Applications in Geomorphology Seismology
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Applications in Geomorphology Hydrology
Effects of a 1945 flood on growth of a ponderosa
pine, Pine Canyon, Chiricahua Mountains, Arizona.
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Applications in Geomorphology Hydrology
Changes in hydrologic properties of an area.
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Bank erosion causing conifer trees to lean along
the Sheepscot River in Maine.
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Applications in Geomorphology Hydrology
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Applications in Geomorphology Glaciology
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Applications in Geomorphology Glaciology
A. Radiocarbon dates
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Applications in Geomorphology Glaciology
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Applications in Geomorphology Glaciology
Tree-ring dated moraines