Karst flash flooding in a Mediterranean karst, the example of Fontaine de Nîmes

Engineering Geology

Volumn 99, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 138-146

  Marechal J C ^a   Ladouche, B ^a   Dorfliger N ^a  

^a BRGM   (France)

Author keywords

Flash flood; Groundwater; Hazard; Karst; Spring; Water table

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; FLOOD DAMAGE; FLOW OF WATER; HAZARDS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RAIN;

FLASH-FLOOD; KARST; WATER TABLE;

FLOODS;

AQUIFER; DIFFUSION; FISSURE; FLASH FLOOD; FLOOD DAMAGE; FLOOD FORECASTING; GEOMORPHOLOGY; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; KARST HYDROLOGY; LIMESTONE; RAINFALL; RUNOFF;

EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; GARD; LANGUEDOC-ROUSSILLON; NIMES; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 44649143182     PISSN: 00137952     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enggeo.2007.11.013     Document Type: Article

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