Use of multi-proxy flood records to improve estimates of flood risk: Lower River Tay, Scotland

Catena

Volumn 66, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 107-119

  Werritty, A ^a   Paine, J L ^a   Macdonald, N ^b   Rowan, J S ^a   McEwen, L J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GLOUCESTERSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Flood risk analysis; Historic records; Palaeochannels; Proxy flood records; Radiometric dating; Sediment stacks

Indexed keywords

DISCHARGE; FLOOD DAMAGE; FLOOD DEPOSIT; FLOOD FORECASTING; PALEOHYDROLOGY; RADIOMETRIC METHOD; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EURASIA; EUROPE; SCOTLAND; TAY RIVER; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 33646159765     PISSN: 03418162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.catena.2005.07.012     Document Type: Article

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