Role and management of in-channel wood in relation to flood events in Southern Andes basins

WIT Transactions on Engineering Sciences

Volumn 60, Issue , 2008, Pages 207-216

  Mao, L ^a   Comiti, F ^a   Andreoli, A ^b   Picco, L ^a   Lenzi, M A ^a   Urciulo, A ^c   Iturraspe, R ^c   Iroume A ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONCEPCIÓN   (Chile)

^c Dirección de Recursos Hídricos Gobierno de Tierra del Fuego   (Argentina)

^d UNIVERSIDAD AUSTRAL DE CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Control works; Flood risk; Mountain rivers; Woody debris

Indexed keywords

LANDFORMS; RIVER CONTROL;

CHANNEL MORPHOLOGIES; CHECK DAMS; CONTROL WORKS; DEBRIS FLOWS; FLOOD EVENTS; FLOOD RISK; IN CHANNELS; MOUNTAIN BASINS; MOUNTAIN RIVERS; RIPARIAN BUFFERS; WOODY DEBRIS;

DEBRIS;

EID: 58849117134     PISSN: 17433533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2495/DEB080211     Document Type: Conference Paper

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