The Bristol Channel floods of 1607 –reconstruction and analysis

Weather

Volumn 61, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 272-277

  Horsburgh, Kevin ^a   Horritt, Matt ^b  

^a NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 34447253004     PISSN: 00431656     EISSN: 14778696     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1256/wea.133.05     Document Type: Article

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