Regional assessment of contemporary debris-flow activity in Lake District mountain catchments, northern England: Occurrence, scale and process

International Conference on Debris-Flow Hazards Mitigation: Mechanics, Prediction, and Assessment, Proceedings

Volumn 2, Issue , 2003, Pages 965-976

  Johnson, R M ^a   Warburton, J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL LANCASHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^b DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bedload tracer; Debris flow; Lake District; Rainfall; Sediment transfer

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; CLIMATE CHANGE; LAKES;

DEBRIS FLOW; FLOW DYNAMICS; REGIONAL ASSESSMENT;

DEBRIS;

EID: 21044446482     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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