Reconstruction of the most intense avalanches of the last 40 years in the Catalonian Pyrenees
Tuesday, January 12, 2010 - 14:35
in Earth & Climate
Researchers have studied the dynamics of avalanches in the Catalonian Pyrenees using dendrochronology (exact dating from tree-ring growth). The results show that the periods 1971-72, 1995-96 and 2002-03 have been the most intense of the last 40 years. Avalanches in the 90s affected the entire Pyrenees and since then there have been none more intense.