Climatic change and debris flows in high mountain regions: The case study of the Ritigraben torrent (Swiss Alps)

Climatic Change

Volumn 36, Issue 3-4, 1997, Pages 371-389

  Rebetez, Martine ^a   Lugon, Ralph ^b   Baeriswyl, Pierre Alain ^b  

^a SWISS FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE WSL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FRIBOURG   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; DEBRIS FLOW; EXTREME PRECIPITATION; RAINFALL; RUNOFF; SLOPE STABILITY; SNOWMELT;

ALPS; RITIGRABEN; SWITZERLAND; VALAIS;

EID: 0030857855     PISSN: 01650009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/a:1005356130392     Document Type: Article

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