Recognition of debris flow, debris flood and flood hazard through watershed morphometrics

Landslides

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 61-66

  Wilford, D J ^a   Sakals, M E ^a   Innes, J L ^b   Sidle, R C ^c   Bergerud, W A ^a  

^a RESEARCH BRANCH   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

British columbia; Canada; Debris floods; Debris flows; Floods; Hydrogeomorphic processes; Melton ratio

Indexed keywords

FLOODS; HAZARDS; WATERSHEDS;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; DEBRIS FLOOD; DEBRIS FLOWS; HYDROGEOMORPHIC; MELTON RATIO;

DEBRIS;

EID: 23744499906     PISSN: 1612510X     EISSN: 16125118     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10346-003-0002-0     Document Type: Article

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