The role of debris supply conditions in predicting debris flow activity

Earth Surface Processes and Landforms

Volumn 24, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 1039-1054

  Bovis, Michael J ^a   Jakob, Matthias ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b EBA Engineering Consultants Ltd   (Canada)

Author keywords

British Columbia; Debris flow; Discriminant analysis; Frequency; Magnitude; Multiple regression; Terrain analysis

Indexed keywords

DEBRIS FLOW; FREQUENCY-MAGNITUDE DISTRIBUTION; MASS MOVEMENT; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENT YIELD;

CANADA;

EID: 0033397416     PISSN: 01979337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9837(199910)24:11<1039::AID-ESP29>3.0.CO;2-U     Document Type: Article

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