The origin of catastrophes: Extreme phenomena or the roughness in practice?;De l'origine des catastrophes: Phénomènes extrêmes ou âpreté du quotidien?

Natures Sciences Societes

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 44-47

  Gaillard, Jean Christophe ^a  

^a UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

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Indexed keywords

CATASTROPHE THEORY; ROUGHNESS;

EID: 34548294930     PISSN: 12401307     EISSN: 17652979     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/nss:2007022     Document Type: Article

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