Hurricane floods as extreme geomorphic events

IAHS-AISH Publication

Volumn , Issue 261, 2000, Pages 215-228

  Gupta, Avijit ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Caribbean; Channel form; Flood hydrograph; Floods; Holocene; Narmada River; Sediment transport; Tropical cyclones; Yallahs River

Indexed keywords

CHANNEL CHANGE; EXTREME EVENT; FLOOD; GEOMORPHOLOGICAL RESPONSE; HURRICANE; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT;

ASIA; AUSTRALIA; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS;

EID: 0033281936     PISSN: 01447815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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