High rates of geomorphological processes in a tropical area: The Remparts River case study (Réunion Island, Indian Ocean)

Geomorphology

Volumn 67, Issue 3-4, 2005, Pages 335-350

  Garcin, Manuel ^a   Poisson, Blanche ^a   Pouget, Richard ^a  

^a BRGM   (France)

Author keywords

Cyclones; Debris flow; Fluvial geomorphology; Quantification; Reunion Island; Torrential processes

Indexed keywords

CYCLONE; DEBRIS FLOW; FLUVIAL GEOMORPHOLOGY; TROPICAL REGION;

INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN ISLANDS; MASCARENE ISLANDS; OCEANIC REGIONS; REUNION; WORLD;

DINA;

EID: 17444378918     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2004.11.002     Document Type: Article

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