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Debris-Flow Monitoring in Italy

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Dating Torrential Processes on Fans and Cones

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Monitoring of debris flows, aimed at assessing their physical parameters, is important both for research purposes, such as the determination of the rheological behaviour and the calibration of mathematical models, as well as for planning countermeasures and designing warning systems.

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  1. CNR IRPI, Padova, Italy

    Lorenzo Marchi & Pia Rosella Tecca

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Correspondence to Lorenzo Marchi .

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  1. University of Berne, Laboratory of Dendrogeomorphology, Institute of Geological Sciences, Baltzerstrasse 1+3, Berne, 3012, Bern, Switzerland

    Michelle Schneuwly-Bollschweiler

  2. University of Berne, Laboratory of Dendrogeomorphology, Institute of Geological Sciences, Baltzerstrasse 1+3, Berne, 3012, Bern, Switzerland

    Markus Stoffel

  3. Forestry Environment &Water Management, IV/5 – Torrent & Avalanche Control, Federal Ministry for Agriculture,, Marxergasse 5, Vienna, 1030, Wien, Austria

    Florian Rudolf-Miklau

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Marchi, L., Tecca, P.R. (2013). Debris-Flow Monitoring in Italy. In: Schneuwly-Bollschweiler, M., Stoffel, M., Rudolf-Miklau, F. (eds) Dating Torrential Processes on Fans and Cones. Advances in Global Change Research, vol 47. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-4336-6_20

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