Application of Dendrogeomorphology in the Research of Geological Disasters
Geological disasters can cause not only human life and property loss,but also drastic environmental changes.Reconstruction of past geological disasters helps understand occurrence frequency and reduce potential loss of future disasters.Dendrogeomorphology has great potentials in reconstruction of past landslides,earthquakes and debris flows.With use of dendrochronoloigical information,year or month of earthquakes,landslides and debris flows can be determined.In combination of meteorological and geomorphological data,tree-ring data can be used to seek potential causes of geological disasters.Most studies are based on conifers and use of flowering trees will increase usefulness of dendrogeomorphology.Most of dendrogeomorphological studies are carried out in Europe,North America and New Zealand.