The impact of rainstorms on floods in ephemeral channels in southeast Spain

Catena

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 191-209

  Bull, L J ^a   Kirkby, M J ^a   Shannon, J ^b   Hooke, J M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Discharge; Ephemeral streams; Land use; Lithology; Morphology; Rainfall intensity

Indexed keywords

EPHEMERAL STREAM; FLOOD; RAINSTORM;

SPAIN;

EID: 0033990369     PISSN: 03418162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0341-8162(99)00071-5     Document Type: Article

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