February floods in the lower North Island, 2004: Catastrophe - Causes and consequences

New Zealand Geographer

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 40-50

  Fuller, Ian C ^a  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Channel change; Flood; Landsliding; Storm

Indexed keywords

FLOOD;

AUSTRALASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; NEW ZEALAND; NORTH ISLAND; WORLD;

EID: 21444442194     PISSN: 00288144     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-7939.2005.00014.x     Document Type: Article

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