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PD Dr. Markus Stoffel

   
 

Assosiate Professor in Geomorphology at the University of Berne (2011)
Distinguished Professor (Professor honoris causa) in Physical Geography of the University Cluj-Napoca (2010)
PhD thesis in Dendrogeomorphology (2005)
Licenciate in Media and Communication Sciences (2003)
Diploma in Physical Geography (1999)

 
Positions

Head of the Laboratory of Dendrogeomorphology; Senior Lecturer
at the Lab since its beginnings in July 2000

Director of the EU-FP7 Project ACQWA hosted by the Climatic Change and Climate Impacts (C3i), University of Geneva

Visiting scientist at the Swiss Federal Research Institute on Forest, Snow and Landscape Research (WSL), Birmensdorf

 
Fields of Exellence
• Mass-transfer processes in mountain regions (debris flows, rockfall, snow avalanches, flooding)
• Past, contemporary and potential future activity of geomorphic processes and landscape evolution
• Magnitude–frequency relationship and dynamics of mass movement processes
• Tree-ring dating of geomorphic processes (dendrogeomorphology, dendroecology)
• Alpine meteorology (precipitation, threshold exceedances, extreme events, climate change)
• Media and communication sciences, text composing and publishing
• Project management, fund raising, networking, PR
 
Responsible for Project acquisition and management; teaching / coaching of Bachelor, Master and PhD students; Public Relations
 
Distinctions and Awards

•Best PhD thesis 2005 in Experimental Sciences at the Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences at the University of Fribourg (Feb. 2006)
•CHGEOL Award 2005 for the best application-oriented work in the field Geosciences (Nov. 2005)
•Award of the Swiss Geomorphological Society for the second-best Young Scientist Oral Presentation, SGS Annual Meeting 2003, Altdorf (March 2003)

 
Contact

Dr. Markus Stoffel
Laboratory for Dendrogeomorphology
Institut of Geological Sciences
University of Berne
Baltzerstrasse 1-3
3012 Berne (Switzerland)

Tel: +41 (0) 31 631 87 73
Fax: +41 (0) 31 631 48 43

markus [dot] stoffel
[at] dendrolab [dot] ch

 
 
Memberships

European Geosciences Union (EGU),
American Geophysical Union (AGU),
Swiss Geomorphological Society (SGS),
Swiss Association of Geologists (CHGEOL),
Swiss Alpine Club (SAC),
Valais Academy of Natural Sciences (NGO),
Natural Hazard Experts of Switzerland (FAN),
International Association of Hydrological Sciences (IAHS)
Tree-Ring Society

 
Hobbies Trekking, ski mountaineering, mountain biking, traveling, climbing, photography.
 
 

Publications :

Books

Shroder, J., Marston, R.A., Stoffel, M. (2012): Treatise on Geomorphology: Mountain and Hillslope Geomorphology, Vol. 7, Elsevier B. V., Amsterdam, ~460 pp. (in press).

Bollschweiler, M., Stoffel, M., Rudolf-Miklau, F. (2012): Tracking torrential processes on fans and cones – Dating methods and their application for hazard and risk assessment.Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg, New York, ~350 pp. (in press).

Stoffel, M., Bollschweiler, M., Butler, D.R., Luckman, B.H. (2010): Tree rings and natural hazards: A state-of-the-art. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg, New York, 505 pp. ISBN 978-90-481-8735-5. [order here]

Surdeanu, V., Stoffel, M., Pop, O.T. (2010): Dendrogéomorphologie et dendroclimatologie: Méthodes de reconstitution des milieux géomorphologiques et climatiques des régions montagneuses. Presa Universitară Clujeană, Cluj-Napoca, 159 pp. ISBN 978-973-610-983-6.

Bloetzer, W., Egli, T., Petrascheck, A., Sauter, J., Stoffel, M. (2002): Klimaänderungen und Naturgefahren in der Raumplanung. Synthesebericht NFP31. vdf Zürich: 200 pp. [learn more]

 

Special issues of journals

Moors, E., Stoffel, M., 2012. Changing water resources availability in Northern India with respect to Himalayan glacier retreat and changing monsoon patterns. Science of the Total Environment. in progress

Beniston, M., Stoffel, M., Quevauviller, P., 2012. Climate change impact on water: Overcoming data and science gaps. Journal of Hydrology. in progress.

Stoffel, M., Rice, S., Turowski, J. M., 2012. Process geomorphology and ecosystems: Disturbance regimes and interactions. Geomorphology. in progress.

Rice, S., Stoffel, M., Turowski, J., Wolf, A. (2012): Process geomorphology and ecosystems: Disturbance regimes and interactions. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms.

Stoffel, M., Bollschweiler, M. (2008): Tree-ring reconstructions in natural hazards research. Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences.

 

Peer-reviewed papers

Arbellay, E., Fonti, P., Stoffel, M. (2012): Duration and extension of anatomical changes in wood structure after cambial injury. Journal of Experimental Botany. In press. doi:10.1093/jxb/ers050 [PDF]

Stoffel, M., Huggel, C., (in press): Effects of climate change on mass movements in mountain environments. Progress in Physical Geography.

Worni, R., Stoffel, M., Casteller, A., Volz. C., Luckman, B.H., Huggel, C., (in review): Analysis and dynamic modeling of a moraine failure and glacier lake outburst flood at Ventisquero Negro, Patagonian Andes (Argentina). Journal of Hydrology.

Arbellay, E., Fonti, P., Stoffel, (in press): Wound-induced variations in earlywood vessel features of European ash (Fraxinus excelsior L.). Journal of Experimental Botany.

Beniston, M., Stoffel, M., Harding, R., Kernan, M., Ludwig, R., Moors, E., Samuels, S., Tockner, K., 2012. Obstacles to data access for research related to climate and water: implications for science and EU policy-making. Environmental Science and Policy 17: 41–48.

Fazan, L., Stoffel, M., Frey, D. J., Pirintsos, S., Kozlowski, G., (in press): Small does not mean young: age estimation of severely browsed trees in anthropogenic Mediterranean landscapes. Biological Conservation.

Corona, C., Lopez Saez, J., Stoffel, M., Bonnefoy, M., Richard, D., Astrade, L., Berger, F., (in press): How much of the real avalanche activity can be captured with tree rings? An evaluation of classic dendrogeomorphic approaches and comparison with historical archives. Cold Regions Science and Technology.

Stoffel , M., Casteller, A., Luckman, B.H., Villalba, R., (in press): Spatiotemporal analysis of channel wall erosion in ephemeral torrents using tree roots – An example from the Patagonian Andes. Geology. doi:10.1130/G32751.1

Astrade, L., Stoffel, M., Corona, C., Lopez Saez, J., (in press): L'utilisation des cernes de croissance des arbres pour l'étude des événements et des changements morphologiques : intérêts, méthodes et apports des recherches alpines à la dendrogéomorphologie. Géomorphologie: Relief, Processus, Environnement.

Van der Burght, L., Stoffel, M., Bigler, C.J., (2012): Analysis and modelling of tree succession on a recent rockslide deposit. Plant Ecology 213: 35–46.

Procter E., Stoffel, M., Bollschweiler, M., Neumann M., (in press): Exploring debris-flow history and process dynamics using an integrative approach on a dolomitic cone in western Austria. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms.

Lopez Saez, J., Corona, C., Stoffel, M., Astrade, L., Berger, F., Malet, J.P., (in press): Dendrogeomorphic reconstruction of past landslide reactivation with seasonal precision: the Bois Noir landslide, southeast French Alps. Landslides. [PDF]

Worni, R., Huggel, C., Stoffel, M., Pulgarin, B., (in press): Challenges of modelling recent, very large lahars at Nevado del Huila Volcano, Colombia. Bulletin of Volcanology doi:10.1007/s00445-011-0522-8 [PDF]

Lopez Saez, J., Corona, C., Stoffel, M., Schoeneich, P., Berger, F., (2012): Probability maps of landslide reactivation derived from tree-ring records: Pra Bellon landslide, southern French Alps. Geomorphology 138: 184-202 [PDF]

Osterkamp, W.R., Hupp, C.R., Stoffel, M., (2012): The interactions between vegetation and erosion: new directions for research at the interface of ecology and geomorphology. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms 37: 23-36 [PDF]

Stoffel, M., Wilford, D.J., (2012): Hydrogeomorphic processes and vegetation: disturbance, process histories, dependencies and interactions. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms 37: 9-22 [PDF]

Kogelnig-Mayer, B., Stoffel, M., Bollschweiler, M., Hübl, J., Rudolf-Miklau, F., (2011): Possibilities and limitations of dendrogeomorphic time-series reconstructions on sites influenced by debris flows and frequent snow avalanche activity. Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research 43: 619-658 [PDF]

Lopez, J., Corona, C., Stoffel, M., Rovéra, G., Astrade, L., Berger, F., (2011): Mapping of erosion rates in marly badlands based on anatomical changes in exposed roots and LiDAR data. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms 36: 1162-1171 [PDF]

Ballesteros, J. A., Bodoque, J. M., Díez, A., Sanchez-Silva, M., Stoffel, M., (2011): Calibration of floodplain roughness and estimation of palaeoflood discharge based on tree-ring evidence and hydraulic modelling. Journal of Hydrology 403: 103-115 [PDF]

Procter E., Bollschweiler, M., Stoffel, M., Neumann M. (2011): A regional reconstruction of debris-flow activity in the Northern Calcareous Alps, Austria. Geomorphology 132:41-50 [PDF]

Bollschweiler, M., Stoffel, M., Schlaeppy, R. (2011): Debris-flood reconstruction in a pre-alpine catchment in Switzerland based on tree-ring analysis of conifers and broadleaved trees. Geografiska Annaler 93:1-15 [PDF]

Corona, C., Lopez Saez, J., Rovéra, G., Astrade, L., Stoffel, M., Berger, F. (2011): Quantification of erosion rates from exposed roots: Methodological validation in marly badlands in the experimental basins of Draix (Alpes de Haute-Provence). Géomorphologie: Relief, Processus, Environnement 11(1): 83-44 [PDF]

Stoffel, M., Bollschweiler, M., Beniston, M. (2011): Rainfall characteristics for periglacial debris flows in the Swiss Alps: past incidences – potential future evolutions. Climatic Change 105: 263-280 [PDF]

Moors, E.J., Biemans, H., Groot A., Siderius, C., Stoffel, M., Huggel C., Wiltshire, A., Mathison C., Ridley, J., Jacob, D., Kumar, P., Bhadwal, S., Gosain, A. (2011): Adaptation to changing water resources availability in northern India. Environmental Science and Policy 14: 758-769 [PDF]

Beniston, M., Stoffel, M., Hill, M. (2011): Impacts of climatic change on water and natural hazards in the Alps: can current water governance cope with future challenges? Examples from the European “ACQWA” project. Environmental Science and Policy 14: 734-743 [PDF]

Stoffel, M., Bollschweiler, M. (2010): Tree-ring analysis in natural hazards research – preface. Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences 10: 2355–2357. [PDF]

Ballesteros, J. A., Eguibar, M., Bodoque, J. M., Díez, A., Stoffel, M., Gutiérrez, I. (2011): Estimating flash flood discharge in an ungauged mountain catchment with 2D hydraulic models and dendrogeomorphic paleostage indicators. Hydrological Processes 25: 970-979 [PDF]

Corona, C., Lopez, J., Rovéra, G., Stoffel, M., Astrade, L., Berger, F. (2011): High resolution, quantitative reconstruction of erosion rates based on anatomical changes in exposed roots (Draix, Alpes de Haute-Provence) – critical review of existing approaches and independent quality control of results. Geomorphology 125: 433–444. [PDF]

Arbellay, E., Stoffel, M., Bollschweiler, M. (2010): Wood anatomical analysis of Alnus incana and Betula pendula injured by a debris-flow event. Tree Physiology 30: 1290–1298. [PDF]

Corona, C., Rovéra, G., Lopez Saez, J., Stoffel, M., Perfettini, P. (2010): Spatio-temporal reconstruction of snow avalanche activity using tree rings: Jean Jeanne avalanche talus, Massif de l'Oisans, France. Catena 83:107–118. [PDF]

Stoffel, M., Bollschweiler, M., Widmer, S., Sorg, A. (2010): Spatio-temporal variability in debris-flow activity: a tree-ring study at Geisstriftbach (Swiss Alps) extending back to AD 1736. Swiss Journal of Geosciences 103: 283–292. [PDF]

Lugon, R., Stoffel, M. (2010): Rock-glacier dynamics and magnitude–frequency relations of debris flows in a high-elevation watershed: Ritigraben, Swiss Alps. Global and Planetary Change 73: 202–210. [PDF]

Bollschweiler, M., Stoffel, M. (2010): Tree rings and debris flows: recent developments, future directions. Progress in Physical Geography 34: 625–645. [PDF]

Bollschweiler, M., Stoffel, M. (2010). Changes and trends in debris-flow frequency since AD 1850: Results from the Swiss Alps. The Holocene 20: 907–916. [PDF]

Sorg, A., Bugmann, H., Bollschweiler, M., Stoffel, M. (2010): Debris-flow activity along a torrent in the Swiss Alps: Minimum frequency of events and implications for forest dynamics. Dendrochronologia 28: 215–223. [PDF]

Bollschweiler, M., Stoffel, M. (2010): Variations in debris-flow occurrence in an Alpine catchment – A reconstruction based on tree rings. Global and Planetary Change 73: 186–192. [PDF]

Ballesteros-Canovas, J. A., Stoffel, M., Bollschweiler, M., Bodoque del Pozo, J. M., Díez-Herrero, A. (2010): Flash-flood impacts cause changes in wood anatomy of Alnus glutinosa, Fraxinus angustifolia and Quercus pyrenaica. Tree Physiology 30: 773–781. [PDF]

Ballesteros-Canovas, J. A., Stoffel, M., Bodoque del Pozo, J. M., Bollschweiler, M., Hitz, O. M., Diez-Herrero, A. (2010): Changes in wood anatomy in tree rings of Pinus pinaster Ait. following wounding by flash floods. Tree-Ring Research 66: 93–103. [PDF]

Ruiz-Villanueva, V., Diez-Herrero, A., Stoffel, M., Bollschweiler, M., Bodoque, J. M., Ballesteros, J. A. (2010): Dendrogeomorphic analysis of flash floods in a small ungauged mountain catchment (Central Spain). Geomorphology 118: 383–392. [PDF]

Mayer, B., Stoffel, M., Bollschweiler, M., Hübl, J., Rudolf-Miklau, F. (2010): Frequency and spread of debris floods on fans: a dendrogeomorphic case study from a dolomite catchment in the Austrian Alps. Geomorphology 118: 199–206. [PDF]

Arbellay, E., Stoffel, M., Bollschweiler, M. (2010): Dendrogeomorphic reconstruction of past debris-flow activity using injured broad-leaved trees. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms 35: 399–406. [PDF]

Bollschweiler, M., Stoffel, M., Vázquez-Selem, L., Palacios, D. (2010): Tree-ring reconstruction of past lahar activity at Popocatépetl, Mexico. The Holocene 20: 265–274. [PDF]

Stoffel, M. (2010): Magnitude-frequency relationships of debris flows – a case study based on field surveys and tree-ring records. Geomorphology. 116: 67–76. [PDF]

Szymczak, S., Bollschweiler, M., Stoffel, M., Dikau, R. (2010): Debris-flow activity and snow avalanches in a steep watershed of the Valais Alps (Switzerland): dendrogeomorphic event reconstruction and identification of triggers. Geomorphology 116: 107-114. [PDF]

Stoffel, M., Bollschweiler (2009): Tree-ring reconstruction of past debris flows based on a small number of samples – possibilities and limitations. Landslides 6: 225–230. [PDF]

Schneuwly, D. M., Stoffel, M., Dorren, L. K. A., Berger, F. (2009): Three-dimensional analysis of the anatomical growth response of European conifers to mechanical disturbance. Tree Physiology 29: 1247–1257. [PDF]

Stoffel, M., Bollschweiler, M. (2009): What tree rings can tell about earth-surface processes. Teaching the principles of dendrogeomorphology. Geography Compass 3: 1013–1037. [PDF]

Stoffel, M., Luetscher, M., Bollschweiler, M., Schlatter, F. (2009): Evidence of NAO control on subsurface ice accumulation in a 1200-yr old cave-ice sequence, St. Livres ice cave, Switzerland. Quaternary Research 72: 16–26. [PDF]

Schneuwly, D. M., Stoffel, M., Bollschweiler, M. (2009): Formation and spread of callus tissue and tangential rows of resin ducts in Larix decidua and Picea abies following rockfall impacts. Tree Physiology 29: 281–289. [PDF]

Dängeli, S., Bollschweiler, M., Stoffel, M. (2009): Jahrringe, Lawinen und eine zerstörte Alphütte. Schweizerische Zeitschrift für Forstwesen 160(4): 87–92. [PDF]

Lundström, T., Jonsson, M. J., Volkwein, A., Stoffel, M. (2009): Reactions and energy absorption of trees subject to rockfall: a detailed assessment using a new experimental method. Tree Phyiology 29: 345–359 [PDF]

Schneuwly, D. M., Stoffel, M. (2008): Changes in spatio-temporal patterns of rockfall activity on a forested slope – a case study using dendrogeomorphology. Geomorphology 102: 522–531. [PDF]

Stoffel, M., Hitz, O.M. (2008): Snow avalanche and rockfall impacts leave different anatomical signatures in tree rings of Larix decidua. Tree Physiology 28(11): 1713–1720. [PDF]

Stoffel, M., Bollschweiler, M., Leutwiler, A., Aeby, P. (2008): Large debris-flow events and overbank sedimentation in the Illgraben torrent (Valais Alps, Switzerland). Open Geology Journal 2: 18–29. [PDF]

Stoffel, M. (2008): Dating past geomorphic processes with tangential rows of traumatic resin ducts. Dendrochronologia 26(1): 53–60. [PDF]

Stoffel, M., Bollschweiler, M. (2008): Tree-ring analysis in natural hazards research – an overview. Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences 8: 187–202. [PDF]

Schneuwly, D. M., Stoffel, M. (2008): Tree-ring based reconstruction of the seasonal timing, major events and origin of rockfall on a case-study slope in the Swiss Alps. Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences 8: 203–211. [PDF]

Stoffel, M., Conus, D., Grichting, M.A., Lièvre, I., Maître, G. (2008): Unraveling the patterns of late Holocene debris-flow activity on a cone in the central Swiss Alps: chronology, environment and implications for the future. Global and Planetary Change 60: 222–234 [PDF].

Lundström, T., Stoffel, M., Stöckli, V. (2008): Fresh-stem bending of fir and spruce. Tree Physiology 28: 355–366. [PDF]

Bollschweiler M., Stoffel M., Schneuwly D.M., (2008): Dynamics in debris-flow activity on a forested cone – a case study using different dendroecological approaches. Catena 72: 67-78. [PDF]

Bollschweiler M., Stoffel M., Schneuwly D.M., Bourqui K., (2008): Traumatic resin ducts in Larix decidua stems impacted by debris flows. Tree Physiology 28: 255–263. [PDF]

Stoffel, M. (2007): Debris-flow activity in the Ritigraben torrent (Valais Alps, Switzerland): will there be less but bigger events in a future greenhouse climate? McInnes, R., Jakeways, J., Fairbank, H., Mathie, E. (eds.) Landslides and climate change: challenges and solutions. Taylor & Francis Group, London UK: 51–58. [PDF]

Bollschweiler, M., Stoffel, M., Schneuwly, D.M. (2007): Dynamics in debris-flow activity on a forested cone – a case study using different dendroecological approaches. Catena. [PDF]

Lundström, T., Heiz, U., Stoffel, M., Stöckli, V. (2007): Fresh-wood bending: linking the mechanical and growth properties of a Norway spruce stem. Tree Physiology 27, 1229–1241. [PDF]

Bollschweiler, M., Stoffel, M. (2007): Debris flows on forested cones – reconstruction and comparison of frequencies in two catchments in Val Ferret, Switzerland. Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences 7, 207-218. [PDF]

Dorren, L., Berger, F., Jonsson, M., Krautblatter, M., Moelk, M., Stoffel, M., Wehrli, A. (2007): State of the art in rockfall–forest interaction. Schweizerische Zeitschrift für Forstwesen 158(6): 128–141. [PDF]

Bollschweiler M., Stoffel M., Ehmisch M., Monbaron M. (2007): Reconstructing spatio-temporal patterns of debris-flow activity using dendrogeomorphological methods. Geomorphology. 87, 337-351. [PDF]

Stoffel, M., Beniston, M. (2006): On the incidence of debris flows from the early Little Ice Age to a future greenhouse climate: a case study from the Swiss Alps. Geophysical Research Letters 33, L16404. [PDF]

Stoffel, M., Bollschweiler, M., Hassler, G. R. (2006): Differentiating past events on a cone influenced by debris-flow and snow avalanche activity – a dendrogeomorphological approach. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms 31 (11), 1424-1437. [PDF]

Stoffel, M. (2006): A review of studies dealing with tree rings and rockfall activity: The role of dendrogeomorphology in natural hazard research. Natural Hazards 39(1), 51-70. [PDF]

Stoffel, M., Perret, S. (2006): Reconstructing past rockfall activity with tree rings: some methodological considerations. Dendrochronologia 24(1) 1-15. [PDF]

Stoffel, M., Wehrli, A., Kühne, R., Dorren, L.K.A., Perret, S., Kienholz, H. (2006): Assessing the protective effect of mountain forests against rockfall using a 3D simulation model. Forest Ecology and Management 225: 113-122. [PDF]

Perret, S., Stoffel, M., Kienholz, H. (2006): Spatial and temporal rockfall activity in a forest stand in the Swiss Prealps – a dendrogeomorphological case study. Geomorphology 74(1-3): 219-231. [PDF]

Stoffel, M. (2005): Assessing the vertical distribution and visibility of scars in trees. Schweizerische Zeitschrift für Forstwesen 156(6): 195–199. [PDF]

Stoffel, M., Lièvre, I., Conus, D., Grichting, M.A., Raetzo, H., Gärtner, H.W., Monbaron, M. (2005): 400 years of debris flow activity and triggering weather conditions: Ritigraben VS, Switzerland. Arctic, Antarctic and Alpine Research 37(3): 387–395. [PDF]

Stoffel, M., Lièvre, I., Monbaron, M., Perret, S. (2005): Seasonal timing of rockfall activity on a forested slope at Täschgufer (Valais, Swiss Alps) – a dendrochronological approach. Zeitschrift für Geomorphologie 49(1): 89–106. [PDF]

Stoffel, M., Schneuwly, D., Bollschweiler, M., Lièvre, I., Delaloye, R., Myint, M., Monbaron, M. (2005): Analyzing rockfall activity (1600-2002) in a protection forest – a case study using dendrogeomorphology. Geomorphology 68 (3–4): 224–241. [PDF]

 

Other publications

Bollschweiler, M., Stoffel, M. (2008): Jahhringe und Naturgefahren: Wie und wo können Bäume bei der Gefahrenbeurteilung helfen? Wildbach und Lawinenverbau. [PDF]

Stoffel, M. (2008): On the evolution of debris-flow occurrence in space and time – results from tree-ring analyses. Proceedings of the International Conference “Debris Flows: Disasters, Risk, Forecast, Protection”. Pyatigorsk, Russia, 22-29 September 2008, pp. 125–128. [PDF]

Bollschweiler, M., Stoffel, M., Schneuwly, D. M. (2008): Assessing the last moment of debris-flow activity on a fan using tree-ring data. Proceedings of the International Conference “Debris Flows: Disasters, Risk, Forecast, Protection”. Pyatigorsk, Russia, 22-29 September 2008, pp. 83–86. [PDF]

Stoffel. M., Bollschweiler, M., Hassler, G. R., Monbaron, M. (2008): Reconstitution de la dynamique des avalanches dans le Nanztal et le Lötschental (Valais) par méthodes dendrogéomorphologiques. Bulletin de la Murithienne 125: 89- 97 [PDF]

Díez-Herrero, A., Ballesteros, J.A., Bodoque, J.M., Eguíbar, M.A., Fernández, J.A., Génova, M.M., Laín, L., Llorente, M., Rubiales, J.M., Stoffel, M. (2007): Mejoras en la estimación de la frecuencia y magnitud de avenidas torrenciales mediante técnicas dendrogeomorfológicas. Boletín Geológico y Minero 118 (4): 789–802. [PDF]

Stoffel, M., Bollschweiler, M. (2008): Jahrringrekonstruktion vergangener Murgangereignisse und Erkennung künftiger Risiken in 32 Wildbächen der Walliser Alpen (Schweiz). Proceedings 11th Interpraevent Congress 2008, May 26 – 30, 2008. Dornbirn, Austria. Vol. 1 : 513–524. [PDF]

Stoffel, M. (2008): Murgangaktivität auf einem bewaldeten Kegel der Schweizer Alpen seit dem späten Holozän. Lehren aus der Vergangenheit – Auswirkungen für die Zukunft. Proceedings 11th Interpraevent Congress 2008, May 26 – 30, 2008. Dornbirn, Austria. Vol. 1 : 501–511. [PDF]

Stoffel, M. (2008): On the evolution of debris-flow occurrence in space and time – results from tree-ring analyses. Proceedings International Conference “Debris Flows: Disasters, Risk, Forecast, Protection”. September 22 – 29, 2008, Pyatigorsk, Russia: in press.

Bollschweiler, M. Stoffel, M. Schneuwly, D. M. (2008): Assessing the last moment of debris-flow activity on a cone using tree-ring data. Proceedings International Conference “Debris Flows: Disasters, Risk, Forecast, Protection”. September 22 – 29, 2008, Pyatigorsk, Russia: in press

Stoffel, M., 2006. Estimating magnitude-frequency relationships for debris flows on forested cones – working concept and preliminary results. Proceedings International Symposium Interpraevent “Disaster Mitigation of Debris Flows, Slope Failures and Landslides”, September 25–27, 2006, Niigata, Japan. Universal Academic Press, Tokyo, pp. 159–165. [PDF]

Bollschweiler, M., Stoffel, M., Schneuwly, D., 2006. Assessing the spatio-temporal debris-flow activity on a forested cone using tree-ring data. Proceedings International Symposium Interpraevent “Disaster Mitigation of Debris Flows, Slope Failures and Landslides”, September 25–27, 2006, Niigata, Japan. Universal Academic Press, Tokyo, pp. 597–604. [PDF]

Stoffel, M., Schneuwly, D., Bollschweiler, M., Perret, S. (2006): Tree-ring analysis and rockfall research: possibilities and limitations. Proceedings International Symposium Interpraevent “Disaster Mitigation of Debris Flows, Slope Failures and Landslides”, September 25–27, 2006, Niigata, Japan. Universal Academic Press, Tokyo, pp. 213–221. [PDF]

Stoffel, M. (2005): Spatio-temporal analysis of rockfall activity into forests – results from tree-ring and tree analysis. PhD thesis. Department of Geosciences, Geography, University of Fribourg. GeoFocus 12, 1–188. [PDF]

Bollschweiler, M., Stoffel, M. & Schneuwly, D. (2005): Veränderungen der Murrinnen im Täschgufer seit 1936. wasser energie luft 96(7-8): 218–223. [PDF]

Cabernard, V., Stoffel, M., Monbaron, M. (2004): Der Fidazer Felssturz von 1939: Analyse und Simulation. Mitteilungen der VAW 184: 1-12. [PDF]

Stoffel, M., Lièvre, I, Conus, D., Grichting, M., Gärtner, H., Monbaron, M. (2004): Rekonstruktion der Muraktivität im Ritigraben (VS) und Vergleich mit Chronikdaten benachbarter Gewässer. Mitteilungen der VAW 184: 25-40. [PDF]

Gärtner, H., Stoffel, M., Lièvre, I., Monbaron, M. (2003): Debris-flow frequency derived from tree-ring analyses and geomorphic mapping, Valais, Switzerland. In: Rickenmann, D. & Chen, C. (eds.): Debris Flow Hazard Mitigation: Mechanics, Prediction, and Assessment 1: 207-217

Stoffel, M., Gärtner, H., Lièvre, I., Monbaron, M. (2003): Comparison of reconstructed debris flow event years (Ritigraben, Switzerland) and existing flooding data in neighboring rivers. In: Rickenmann D. & Chen, C. (eds.): Debris Flow Hazard Mitigation: Mechanics, Prediction, and Assessment 1: 243-253. [offprints]

Stoffel, M. (2003): Leben mit Naturgefahren: Gefahrenbeurteilung, Massnahmenplanung und Katastrophenbewältigung. Exkursionsführer 54. Dt. Geographentag Bern 2003, No. 44, Geographica Bernensia : 26 pp. [PDF]

Stoffel, M., Monbaron, M. & Maselli, D. (2002): Mountains and Lowlands : Enemies or Partners? Example of the High Atlas, Morocco . A contribution to the “ Johannesburg Summit 2002 – The World Summit on Sustainable Development” and the International “Year of Mountains 2002”. Schlaefli & Maurer AG, Interlaken: 32 pp. (ISBN 3-9522536-2-6) [PDF]

Stoffel, M., Monbaron, M. & Maselli, D. (2002): Montagne et plaines: adversaires ou partenaires? Exemple du Haut Atlas, Maroc. Une contribution au “Sommet de Johannesburg 2002 – Sommet mondial sur le développement durable” et à l' “Année internationale de la montagne 2002”. Schlaefli & Maurer AG, Interlaken: 32 pp. (ISBN 3-9522536-1-8) [PDF]

Stoffel, M. (2000): Impacts of climate change and natural hazards on land use in the Saas and Zermatt Valleys (Switzerland). In: Singh, R. B.; Fox, J. & Himiyama, Y. (eds.): Land Use and Cover Change. Science Publishers Inc., Enfield: 269 – 277.

Stoffel, M. & Monbaron, M. (2000): Changements climatiques et dangers naturels: Un défi pour l'aménagement du territoire en zone alpine. 5e Colloque transfrontalier Cluse: Risques majeurs: perception, globalisation et management. Université de Genève. Genève. (published on CD-ROM). [PDF]

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