Using geology to improve flood hazard management on alluvial fans - An example from Laughlin, Nevada

Journal of the American Water Resources Association

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1431-1447

  House, P Kyle ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

Alluvial fan; Flood; Flood insurance rate maps; Geographic information systems; Geomorphology; Piedmont

Indexed keywords

ALLUVIAL FAN; FLOOD INSURANCE RATE MAPS; PIEDMONT;

FLOODS; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HAZARDS; INSURANCE;

GEOMORPHOLOGY;

FLOODS; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; GEOMORPHOLOGY; HAZARDS; INSURANCE;

ALLUVIAL FAN; FLOODING; GEOMORPHOLOGY; GIS; HAZARD MANAGEMENT; PIEDMONT;

NEVADA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 31344449064     PISSN: 1093474X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-1688.2005.tb03810.x     Document Type: Article

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