Island environment and landscape responses to 1997 tropical cyclones in Fiji

Pacific Science

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 257-272

  Terry, James P ^a   Raj, Rishi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE SOUTH PACIFIC   (Fiji)

^b Hydroloay Section   (Fiji)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COASTAL EROSION; FIELD SURVEY; FLOOD; LANDSCAPE CHANGE; LANDSLIDE; PHYSICAL DISTURBANCE; SATELLITE IMAGERY; TROPICAL CYCLONE; VULNERABILITY;

FIJI;

EID: 0032784761     PISSN: 00308870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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