The Matata debris flows, 18 May 2005

WIT Transactions on Ecology and the Environment

Volumn 90, Issue , 2006, Pages 363-370

  Bassett, T ^a  

^a Tonkin & Taylor Hamilton   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Debris flows; Extreme rainfall; Hazard management; New Zealand; Risk mitigation

Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; DEBRIS FLOW; DISASTER MANAGEMENT; HAZARD MANAGEMENT; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY;

AUSTRALASIA; BAY OF PLENTY; MATATA; NEW ZEALAND; NORTH ISLAND;

EID: 36248988003     PISSN: 17433541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2495/DEB060351     Document Type: Article

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2. Environment Bay of Plenty, Matata Flooding 18 May 2005: Meteorology; Report D for Whakatane District Council, 2005.
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5. Davies, T., The Matata debris flows of 2005 - Inevitable events, predictable disaster; Natural Hazards Research Centre, Department of Geological Sciences, University of Canterbury, 2005.