Palaeoflood hydrology: Insight into rare events and extreme flood discharges

Houille Blanche

Volumn , Issue 5, 2006, Pages 91-96

  Benito, Gerardo ^a   Thorndycraft, Varyl R ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE CIENCIAS AGRARIAS   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COSTS; ECONOMICS; FLOODS; GEOMORPHOLOGY; HYDROLOGY; RISK ASSESSMENT;

DISASTER MANAGEMENT; DISCHARGE; EROSION; ESTIMATION METHOD; EXTREME EVENT; FLOOD; HYDROLOGY; NATURAL DISASTER; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 33751048489     PISSN: 00186368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/lhb:2006092     Document Type: Article

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