Integrating uncertainty: Canyon Creek hyperconcentrated flows of November 1989 and 1990

Landslides

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 83-95

  Jakob, Matthias ^a   Weatherly, Hamish ^a  

^a BGC ENGINEERING INC   (Canada)

Author keywords

Hazard frequency and magnitude; Hyperconcentrated flow; Mitigation; Pacific Northwest

Indexed keywords

COALESCENCE; HAZARDS; LANDSLIDES; PHOTOINTERPRETATION; RUNOFF; WATERSHEDS;

CREEK DRAINS; DENDROCHRONOLOGY; EARTHFLOWS; HYPERCONCENTRATED FLOW; MITIGATION;

FLOW OF WATER;

BANK EROSION; FLOOD; FLOW VELOCITY; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; LANDSLIDE; PHOTOGRAPH; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WATERSHED;

NORTH AMERICA; PACIFIC NORTHWEST;

EID: 39349115264     PISSN: 1612510X     EISSN: 16125118     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10346-007-0106-z     Document Type: Article

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