Geomorphologic flood-hazard assessment of alluvial fans and piedmonts

Journal of Geoscience Education

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 27-37

  Field, John Jacob ^a   Pearthree, Philip Arnim ^b  

^a WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Arizona Geological Survey   (United States)

Author keywords

Education graduate; Education undergraduate; Engineering and environmental geology; Geology field trips and field study; Hydrogeology and hydrology; Surficial geology geomorphology

Indexed keywords

EID: 0005182951     PISSN: 10899995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5408/1089-9995-45.1.27     Document Type: Article

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