Karst flash floods: An example from the Dinaric karst (Croatia)

Natural Hazards and Earth System Science

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 195-203

  Bonacci, O ^a   Ljubenkov, I ^a   Roje Bonacci, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SPLIT   (Croatia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATASTROPHIC EVENT; FLASH FLOOD; KARST HYDROLOGY; NATURAL DISASTER; NATURAL HAZARD; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY);

CROATIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; MARINA BAY; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 33747078171     PISSN: 15618633     EISSN: 16849981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/nhess-6-195-2006     Document Type: Review

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