Geologic and hydrologic hazards in glacierized basins in North America resulting from 19th and 20th century global warming

Natural Hazards

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 1993, Pages 121-140

  O'Connor, Jim E ^a   Costa, John E ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change; debris flows; floods; glaciers; North America; rockfall; sedimentation

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; DEBRIS FLOW; FLOOD ROCKFALL; GEOLOGICAL HAZARD; GLACIAL RETREAT; GLOBAL WARMING; HAZARD; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HYDROLOGICAL HAZARD; MOUNTAIN AREA;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; USA;

EID: 0027743233     PISSN: 0921030X     EISSN: 15730840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00605437     Document Type: Article

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