Hydrology and geomorphic effects of a high-magnitude flood in an Alpine River

Geografiska Annaler, Series A: Physical Geography

Volumn 89, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 5-19

  Morche, David ^a   Schmidt, Karl Heinz ^a   Heckmann, Tobias ^b   Haas, Florian ^b  

^a MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

^b CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF EICHSTÄTT INGOLSTADT   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bavarian Alps; Fluvial sediment budget; Geomorphic coupling; High magnitude flood; Landslide dam failure; Sediment transport

Indexed keywords

ALLUVIAL DEPOSIT; DAM FAILURE; EROSION; FLOOD; SEDIMENT BUDGET; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT;

ALPS; BAVARIA; BAVARIAN ALPS; CENTRAL ALPS; CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY; PARTNACH RIVER;

EID: 33847713613     PISSN: 04353676     EISSN: 14680459     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0459.2007.00304.x     Document Type: Article

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