Large alluvial fans in the north-central Po Plain (Northern Italy)

Geomorphology

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 119-136

  Guzzetti, Fausto ^a   Marchetti, Mauro ^b   Reichenbach, Paola ^a  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Alluvial fan; Digital elevation model; Fan morphometry; Po plain

Indexed keywords

ALLUVIAL FAN; DEM; FAN MORPHOMETRY;

ITALY, PO RIVER PLAIN;

EID: 0030841676     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-555X(96)00015-3     Document Type: Article

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