Controls on modern fan morphology in Calabria, southern Italy

Geomorphology

Volumn 24, Issue 2-3, 1998, Pages 169-187

  Sorriso Valvo, Marino ^a   Antronico, Loredana ^a   Le Pera, Emilia ^b  

^a CNR Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLUVIAL FAN; DEBRIS FLOW; FAN MORPHOLOGY;

ITALY, CALABRIA;

EID: 0031726388     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-555X(97)00079-2     Document Type: Article

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