Hydrologic processes and geomorphic constraints on urbanization of alluvial fan slopes

Geomorphology

Volumn 31, Issue 1-4, 1999, Pages 325-335

  Schick, A P ^a   Grodek, T ^a   Wolman, M G ^b  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b Johns Hopkins University   (United States)

Author keywords

Arid environments; Flooding; Planning; Urban geomorphology

Indexed keywords

ALLUVIAL FAN; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; ARID ENVIRONMENT; GEOMORPHOLOGY; URBANIZATION;

ISRAEL;

EID: 0343673424     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-555X(99)00085-9     Document Type: Conference Paper

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