Tree-ring response of<i>Populus tremula</i>L. and<i>Quercus robur</i>L. to recent spring floods of the Saône River, France

Astrade, Laurent; Bégin, Yves

doi:10.1080/11956860.1997.11682400

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“…Such work in the immediate vicinity of the channel network can be observed at PAU between 1997and 2002at JUN between 2002 and2004;at CV between 1956and 1992, and at PIN between 1997and 2002. The most significant change in forest cover occurs in PIN between 1997 and 2002, when a large clearance becomes apparent next to the central segment of the study reach including the 10-m buffer on either side of the river (Fig.…”

Section: Different Suitability Of Catchments For Dendrogeomorphic Resmentioning

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“…Intense flash flood events often cause damage to multiple trees (Ballesteros-Cánovas et al, 2015a;Sigafoos, 1964), which will respond with different growth disturbances, hereafter referred to as GD (Shroder, 1978;Stoffel and Corona, 2014). These GD have been widely used to reconstruct past activity of numerous hydrogeomorphic processes in different mountain ranges (see Ballesteros-Cánovas et al (2015a); Stoffel et al (2013) for a recent review), but such studies have generally focused on specific catchments (Astrade and Bégin, 1997;Ballesteros-Cánovas et al, 2011a,b, 2015bCasteller et al, 2015;Ruiz-Villanueva et al, 2010;Šilhan, 2015;St. George and Nielsen, 2003;Zielonka et al, 2008), and have, with only a few exceptions, looked at the regional scale (i.e.…”

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Regional reconstruction of flash flood history in the Guadarrama range (Central System, Spain)

Rodríguez-Morata

Ballesteros‐Cánovas

Trappmann³

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Science of The Total Environment

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• Flash floods represent a regional natural hazard in Guadarrama range.• Dendrochronology allows fill the lack of systematic data in mountain environments.• Regional studies and quality samples allow reducing the number of collected samples.• We complement existing records with 8 events covering the last~200 years.• Forest management could limit the amount of proxy evidence of flash flood events. Flash floods are a common natural hazard in Mediterranean mountain environments and responsible for serious economic and human disasters. The study of flash flood dynamics and their triggers is a key issue; however, the retrieval of historical data is often limited in mountain regions as a result of short time series and the systematic lack of historical data. In this study, we attempt to overcome data deficiency by supplementing existing records with dendrogeomorphic techniques which were employed in seven mountain streams along the northern slopes of the Guadarrama Mountain range. Here we present results derived from the tree-ring analysis of 117 samples from 63 Pinus sylvestris L. trees injured by flash floods, to complement existing flash flood records covering the last~200 years and comment on their hydro-meteorological triggers. To understand the varying number of reconstructed flash flood events in each of the catchments, we also performed a comparative analysis of geomorphic catchment characteristics, land use evolution and forest management. Furthermore, we discuss the limitations of dendrogeomorphic techniques applied in managed forests. G R A P H I C A L A B S T R A C T a b s t r a c t a r t i c l e i n f o

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Regional reconstruction of flash flood history in the Guadarrama range (Central System, Spain)

Rodríguez-Morata

Ballesteros‐Cánovas

Trappmann³

et al. 2016

Science of The Total Environment

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“…In his pioneering investigation of a glacier-like boulder deposit on the Table Cliffs Plateau (Utah), Shroder (1978) documented 200 years of movements and suggested that precipitation would possibly have been the trigger for the main episodes of movements. Other studies on movements in permafrost complexes have been realized elsewhere in North America ever since (Giardino et al, 1984;Carter et al, 1999;Cannone and Gerdol, 2003;Bachrach et al, 2004), but are completely missing in the European Alps or other alpine regions.…”

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“…George andNielson (2000, 2003) have analyzed anatomical changes ("flood rings") in Quercus macrocarpa to identify 19th-century high-magnitude floods in the Red River (Canada). In Europe, only a few studies have focused on floods so far, for instance the one published by Astrade and Bégin (1997) documenting recent spring floods in the Saône river (France) in rings of Populus tremula L. and Quercus robur L. Tardiff and Bergeron (1997) studied the occurrence of ice floods through a dendrochronological analysis of ice-scarred Thuja occidentalis L. growing on the shore of Lake Duparquet (Canada).…”

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Tree-ring analysis in natural hazards research – an overview

Stoffel

Bollschweiler

2008

Nat. Hazards Earth Syst. Sci.

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Abstract. The understanding of geomorphic processes and knowledge of past events are important tasks for the assessment of natural hazards. Tree rings have on varied occasions proved to be a reliable tool for the acquisition of data on past events. In this review paper, we provide an overview on the use of tree rings in natural hazards research, starting with a description of the different types of disturbances by geomorphic processes and the resulting growth reactions. Thereafter, a summary is presented on the different methods commonly used for the analysis and interpretation of reactions in affected trees. We illustrate selected results from dendrogeomorphological investigations of geomorphic processes with an emphasis on fluvial (e.g., flooding, debris flows) and mass-movement processes (e.g., landslides, snow avalanche), where lots of data have been generated over the past few decades. We also present results from rockfall and permafrost studies, where data are much scarcer, albeit data from tree-ring studies have proved to be of great value in these fields as well.Most studies using tree rings have focused on alpine environments in Europe and North America, whereas other parts of the world have been widely neglected by dendrogeomorphologists so far. We therefore challenge researchers to focus on other regions with distinct climates as well, to look on less frequently studied processes as well and to broaden and improve approaches and methods commonly used in tree-ring research so as to allow a better understanding of geomorphic processes, natural hazards and risk.

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“…growing along the Potomac River, Yanosky (1983) reported that rings formed during, and shortly after floods displayed a complex range of anatomical responses. Anatomical flood signatures (or "flood rings") have excellent potential as high-quality proxies of past floods, but they have not been used widely in paleoflood investigations and only recently have been applied to selected rivers in France (Astrade and Bégin, 1997) and Canada Nielsen, 2000, 2003).…”

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Flood Ring Evidence and its Application to Paleoflood Hydrology of the Red River and Assiniboine River in Manitoba*

George

Nielsen

2004

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Although paleoflood records developed from tree rings are much shorter than those developed from geological evidence, their brevity is offset by their exceptional utility for dating floods to a specific year. Inundation at the beginning of the growing season disturbs cambial processes in riparian Quercus spp., causing unusual anatomical features to develop within the annual ring, including small earlywood vessels, disrupted flame parenchyma and less wood fiber. These features are most strongly developed near the tree base, and may be caused by disruptions of auxin flow. Anatomical flood signatures can be used to determine the frequency, magnitude and hydrological causes of past floods, and to identify the influence of potential forcing mechanisms. In the lower Red River basin, Canada, flood-ring evidence has been used to identify several large floods during the mid 1700s, the early to mid 1800s and the latter half of the 20th century. Records for the Assiniboine River and the American portion of the Red River are developed from fewer trees, but suggest that severe floods in the Red and Assiniboine basins have coincided, albeit infrequently, during the past 500 years.

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Tree-ring response ofPopulus tremulaL. andQuercus roburL. to recent spring floods of the Saône River, France

Cited by 78 publications

References 13 publications

Regional reconstruction of flash flood history in the Guadarrama range (Central System, Spain)

Regional reconstruction of flash flood history in the Guadarrama range (Central System, Spain)

Tree-ring analysis in natural hazards research – an overview

Flood Ring Evidence and its Application to Paleoflood Hydrology of the Red River and Assiniboine River in Manitoba*

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