Response of the Ha! Ha! River to the flood of July 1996 in the Saguenay Region of Quebec: Large-scale avulsion in a glaciated valley

Water Resources Research

Volumn 34, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 2383-2392

  Lapointe, M F ^a   Secretan, Y ^b   Driscoll, S N ^a   Bergeron, N ^b   Leclerc, M ^b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b CENTRE EAU TERRE ENVIRONNEMENT   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVULSION; CATASTROPHIC EVENT; EROSION; FLOODING; GLACIAL LANDFORM;

CANADA, QUEBEC, HA HA RIVER;

EID: 0031688123     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/98WR01550     Document Type: Article

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