Paleofloods and historical floods of the Ardèche River, France

Water Resources Research

Volumn 39, Issue 12, 2003, Pages

  Sheffer, N A ^a   Enzel, Y ^a   Benito, G ^b   Grodek, T ^a   Poart, N ^c   Lang, M ^d   Naulet, R ^d   Coeur D ^e  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b INSTITUTO DE CIENCIAS AGRARIAS   (Spain)

^c GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF ISRAEL   (Israel)

^d CENTRE DE LYON VILLEURBANNE   (France)

^e ACTHYS Diffusion   (France)

Author keywords

Floods; Historical floods; Hydraulic modeling; Paleoflood hydrology; Slackwater deposits

Indexed keywords

DATA RECORDING; DATA REDUCTION; FLOODS; GEOMORPHOLOGY; RISK ASSESSMENT;

PALEOFLOODS;

WATER RESOURCES;

HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE; HOLOCENE; PALEOFLOOD; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT;

ARDECHE RIVER; EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 1242344760     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003WR002468     Document Type: Article

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