The use of one- and two-dimensional hydraulic modelling to reconstruct a glacial outburst flood in a steep Alpine valley

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 361, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 240-261

  Bohorquez, P ^a   Darby, S E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÁLAGA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Modelling; Outburst; Palaeoflood; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; BOUNDARY VALUE PROBLEMS; DISCHARGE (FLUID MECHANICS); ELASTIC MODULI; FLUID MECHANICS; HYDRAULICS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION;

MODELLING; OUTBURST; PALAEOFLOOD; UNCERTAINTY;

UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

BED ROUGHNESS; DISCHARGE; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; OUTBURST; PALEOFLOOD; RECONSTRUCTION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TWO-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WATER FLOW;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; MONT MINE GLACIER; SWITZERLAND; VALAIS;

EID: 53649086456     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2008.07.043     Document Type: Article

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