Great Lakes flood thresholds and impacts

Journal of Great Lakes Research

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 286-296

  Gabriel, Anthony O ^b   Kreutzwiser, Reid D ^a   Stewart, Christian J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Flooding; Lake Erie; Lake Huron; Lake levels; Lake Ontario; Lake St. Clair; Property damages; Storms

Indexed keywords

FLOOD; FLOOD DAMAGE; FLOODING; HAZARD IMPACT; LAKE WATER LEVEL; NATURAL HAZARD; WATER LEVEL;

CANADA; GREAT LAKES;

RIPARIA;

EID: 0030929057     PISSN: 03801330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0380-1330(97)70912-2     Document Type: Article

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