Methods for estimating magnitude and frequency of floods in the Southwestern United States

US Geological Survey Water Supply Paper

Volumn 2433, Issue , 1997, Pages 1-108

  Thomas, Blakemore E ^a   Hjalmarson, H W ^a   Waltemeyer, S D ^a  

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