Natural hazards in Nordic countries

Episodes

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 176-184

  Nadim, Farrokh ^a   Pedersen, Stig Asbjørn Schack ^b   Schmidt Thomé, Philipp ^c   Sigmundsson, Freysteinn ^d   Engdahl, Mats ^e  

^a NORWEGIAN GEOTECHNICAL INSTITUTE   (Norway)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF DENMARK AND GREENLAND   (Denmark)

^c GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF FINLAND   (Finland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

^e GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF SWEDEN   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVALANCHE; EARTHQUAKE; FLOOD; LANDSLIDE; NATURAL HAZARD; POPULATION DENSITY; TSUNAMI; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

ARCTIC; DENMARK; EURASIA; EUROPE; GREENLAND; ICELAND; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA;

EID: 44649138030     PISSN: 07053797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.18814/epiiugs/2008/v31i1/024     Document Type: Conference Paper

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