Debris-flow magnitude-frequency relationships for mountainous regions of Central and Northwest Europe

Geomorphology

Volumn 15, Issue 3-4 SPEC. ISS., 1996, Pages 259-273

  Van Steijn, Henk ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEBRIS FLOW; FREQUENCY/MAGNITUDE; FREQUENCY/MAGNITUDE RELATIONSHIP; HAZARD; MAGNITUDE/FREQUENCY; MOUNTAIN REGION; SLOPE STABILITY;

EUROPE;

EID: 0029775393     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0169-555x(95)00074-f     Document Type: Article

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