Procedures for the documentation of historical debris flows: Application to the Chieppena Torrent (Italian Alps)

Environmental Management

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 493-503

  Marchi, Lorenzo ^a   Cavalli, Marco ^a  

^a CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Alluvial fan; Alps; Channel erosion; Debris flow; Historical documents; Torrent Control Works

Indexed keywords

CHANNEL EROSION; DEBRIS FLOW; GEOMORPHIC EFFECTS; PHOTOGRAPHS;

DATA REDUCTION; FLOODS; GEOMORPHOLOGY; HAZARDOUS MATERIALS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

DEBRIS;

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH; ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; DATA INTERPRETATION; DEBRIS FLOW; ENVIRONMENTAL RISK; FLOOD; GEOMORPHOLOGICAL MAPPING; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HAZARD MANAGEMENT; HISTORICAL RECORD; MITIGATION; RECONSTRUCTION; TORRENT;

ARTICLE; DATA ANALYSIS; DOCUMENTATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EROSION; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; FLOOD TIDE; GEOMORPHOLOGY; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HISTORY; ITALY; PHOTOGRAPHY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DOCUMENTATION; GEOGRAPHY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; ITALY; NATURAL DISASTERS; RISK ASSESSMENT; TIME FACTORS; WATER SUPPLY;

ALPS; CHIEPPENA TORRENT; EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SOUTHERN EUROPE; TRENTINO-ALTO ADIGE; TRENTO;

EID: 34548104672     PISSN: 0364152X     EISSN: 14321009     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00267-006-0288-5     Document Type: Article

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